#CometWatch 23 May
▻http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2015/06/05/cometwatch-23-may
Today’s CometWatch entry was taken on 23 May, when #Rosetta was 138.1 km from the centre of #Comet_67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The single frame #navcam image has resolution of 11.8 m/pixel and measures 12.1 km across. The image was processed in LightRoom to convey the ever increasing #activity of the #comet, with swirling outflows of material emanating from various parts of the nucleus. In this orientation, with the large comet lobe up and the small one down, the neck region remains hidden in shadows. The small lobe is dominated by the rough Anuket region and the sharp edge that separates it from Serqet, which lies mostly out of view to the bottom. A diffuse glow appears to emanate from a portion of the small lobe that is hidden from sight in this image, suggestive of the activity seen (...)