Image: Rosetta mission selfie at comet
Using the CIVA camera on Rosetta's Philae lander, the spacecraft have snapped a 'selfie' at comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
The image was taken on 7 September from a distance of about 50 km from the comet, and captures the side of the Rosetta spacecraft and one of Rosetta's 14 m-long solar wings, with 67P/C-G in the background.
Two images with different exposure times were combined to bring out the faint details in this very high contrast situation.
Provided by European Space Agency
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