A Cliff Looming on Comet 67P
What's that looming behind this gravel-strewn hill on Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko?
A jagged cliff.
The unusual double-lobed nucleus of
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko lends itself to unusual and dramatic vistas,
another of which has been captured by the
Rosetta spacecraft that
arrived at the comet last September.
The featured cometscape, taken last October and digitally enhanced, spans about 850 meters across.
Meanwhile, Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko continues to
sprout jets as it nears its closest approach to the Sun in August.
Along the way, Rosetta
will continue listening for signals from
Philae, a probe that landed on the nucleus but rebounded to an unknown surface location last November.
If newly exposed to sunlight,
Philae might
regain enough energy to again signal Rosetta