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High-resolution mosaic of the surface of comet 67P

High-resolution mosaic of the surface of comet 67P
High-resolution mosaic of the surface of comet 67P Four frame OSIRIS-NAC mosaic acquired on September 5, 2014. All images were acquired through the instrument's green filter. At the time, Rosetta was at an altitude of 40km, and the comet at a distance of 512,690,000 km from the Sun. ESA / Rosetta / MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS / UPD / LAM / IAA / SSO / INTA / UPM / DASP / IDA / Justin Cowart