Rosetta: 234 Kilometers and Closing!

Yesterday, when the Rosetta spacecraft was a mere 234 kilometers (145 miles) from the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (or just ChuGer) it took this amazing image with its navigational camera: That's the full-resolution image; the folks at the European Space Agency also provided another one that's been expanded in size by a factor of two: Wow. What a bizarre, alien place! Mind you, the main OSIRIS camera has more resolution than the NAVCAM, so we'll be getting better pictures soon. And of course,...