Video of the day -- the comet
Europe's Rosetta space probe and its Philae lander spent two years studying comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This video is assembled from images sent back by the mission. Yes, you're looking at the landscape of a comet. (The flat rectangular thing at around 0:40 is one of Rosetta's solar panels.) Well worth fullscreen. Found via Miss Cellania.
6 Comments:
Too cool!
Also, why is it that more people are not using Vimeo?
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Wonderful video!
The comet seems a piece un-shape rock.
Sixpence: I wish more people did use Vimeo. It's not healthy for YouTube to have a near-monopoly. I guessmore people use YouTube because it has the biggest established audience, so it's a self-sustaining thing.
Evi: Thanks! Yes, it's so small its gravity isn't strong enough to pull it into a sphere, so it's basically just a big chunk of rock and ice.
WOW!
JUST WOW!!!!!!!!
🙂 Comets are never boring.
I respect them because they are capable of wiping out an entire civilization!
Victor: It's impressive🙂
Renard: Fortunately our space program is reaching the point where our civilization is capable of wiping out an entire comet, if that eventuality arises.
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