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[Rob MacKillop]

I think these are astonishing...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/europeanspaceagency/sets/72157638315605535/

 

[Pete Askew]

Thanks Rob. They are amazing aren't they? I especially like the two shots showing the comet against the backdrop of stars. It just highlights what an amazing achievement this was.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

The first from the surface - with the lander's foot!

 

[Matthew McKendry]

Bleak and beautiful landscapes right there Or cometscapes maybe?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I like it: cometscapes. First use of the word? My wife writes dictionaries (someone has to) and we need three citations of the word before it gets considered for a dictionary. Anyone else care to make that third?

 

[Pete Askew]

https://twitter.com/tweeterrater/status/532927035589799937

We are not alone!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Unlike the lander, we are home and dry!

News from it this morning is that the water on the comet is "substantially different" from the water on Earth, casting doubt on how water got to Earth, leading to life here. Amazing. New theories are needed..

 

[Matthew McKendry]

https://twitter.com/tweeterrater/status/532927035589799937

We are not alone!

Looks like someone beat me to the punch!

It is pretty amazing how these things go, I read they had anticipated a surface of hard rock and hard ice, but what they're finding is more similar to snow and sand. Comets are strange beasts indeed!