Gallery: New Photos Released From Rosetta Comet Landing Mission

  • The Philae lander took this photo of the cliff blocking its sunlight. The image reveals fractures in the rock the glare...
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    The Philae lander took this photo of the cliff blocking its sunlight. The image reveals fractures in the rock; the glare is the reflection of the spacecraft.
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    This graphic shows Philae's orientation on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. It's on its side, with one leg wedged into a rock.
  • Philae's initial landing was more like a bounce making its first postlanding picture a bit blurry.
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    Philae's initial landing was more like a bounce, making its first post-landing picture a bit blurry.
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    This image of the comet from Dec. 16 is one of the most recent taken by Rosetta.
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    This color image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, released last week, shows what the comet would look like to your eyes. Surprise! It's greyish. The picture was made by combining images taken with red, blue, and green filters.
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