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Bruce Murray Space Image Library

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on June 4, 2014

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on June 4, 2014 — Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on June 4, 2014 Cometary activity subsided on Rosetta's target comet as the spacecraft approached. This photo was taken from a distance of 430,000 kilometers with an exposure time of 67 seconds. ESA / Rosetta / MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS / UPD / LAM / IAA / SSO / INTA / UPM / DASP / IDA

The photo has been enlarged by a factor of two with nearest-neighbor sampling to preserve the appearance of pixels.

The photo is cropped from this larger view.

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