Eerie comet landscape revealed by Rosetta spacecraft photos

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More interesting information has been released from the European Space Agency relative to images from the Rosettta mission. Space.com has a current article that covers considerable detail about these newly released images of and from Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

by Calla Cofield, Space.com Staff Writer   |   June 02, 2015 11:00am ET

A deluge of newly released photos from the Rosetta mission reveals the haunting alien landscape on the surface of a comet as it orbits the sun.

Over the last few weeks, the European Space Agency (ESA) has released over 1,700 new images of the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, taken by the Rosetta spacecraft during its closest approach to the 2.5-mile-wide (4 kilometers) space rock. The photos emanate an eerie stillness on the rocky, lifeless surface.

More: http://www.space.com/29541-eerie-comet-landscape-photos.html

Europes's Rosetta Comet Mission in Pictures: http://www.space.com/24266-rosetta-comet-mission-photos-esa.html