This image is a combination of three photos (using an orange, green and blue filter) taken by the OSIRIS camera onboard ESA's Rosetta spacecraft. It is part of a sequence of images taken every hour through one full rotation (24 hours). The illuminated sliver is centered around the South Pole, with South at the bottom of the image. Credit: ESA ©2009 MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA.

Site Map | News | SpaceFlight | Science | Technology | Entertainment | SpaceViews | NightSky | Ad Astra | SETI
Image Galleries | Videos | Reader Favorites | Image of the Day | Amazing Images | Wallpapers | Community
about us | FREE Email Newsletter | message boards | register at SPACE.com | contact us | advertise with us | terms & conditions | privacy statement
DMCA/Copyright
  What is This?