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    Active pit in the Seth region: enhanced

    Date: 22 January 2015
    Satellite: Rosetta
    Depicts: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
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    Enhanced contrast image of an active pit detected in Seth region of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The enhanced image reveals fine structures in the shadow of the pit, interpreted as jet-like features rising from the pit. This OSIRIS narrow-angle camera image was acquired on 28 August 2014 at a distance of 60 km from the comet. The image resolution is 1 m/pixel.

    Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA


    Last Update: 22 January 2015

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