No, I am not wondering about comments, I am wondering about comets, or at least a couple of them. Probes have been sent to take a close look at comets and those comets are all different. Rosetta (a space craft or probe) launched back on March 2, 2004, became the first spacecraft to orbit a comet. We think of comets as visitors from outer space with long colorful tails, usually two, a dust trail and an ionized particle trail. The dust trail points backwards to its movement and the ion trail points away from the sun. But, what about when a comet is located nowhere near the sun? Well, then it is just a big lump consisting of a mixture of frozen ice and dust, and it looks like an asteroid.
I thought maybe you would be interested in seeing what a comet looks like way out in space. So, here are a couple of pictures. This first one is a mosaic of four pictures put together to make one picture. Notice that this comet has two lobes separated by a thin column:
And this picture from another view point reminds me of a mythical beast. See its head to the upper left corner and its flowing mane:
A closer picture of the comet shows crators filled with rubble from countless collisions with smaller objects during its ageless journey:
I am sure glad that the probe got these wonderful pictures of these tiny worlds. I hope your world will give you a great day today. Enjoy, you hear?
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Great photos. Looks like the place could use a good clean up.
ReplyDeleteI guess they gather up dust and dirt as they "sweep" through space.
DeleteI can remember going out several nights to see Halley's comet in 1985, and just being in awe that I was seeing something that comes around only every 75 years.... I didn't even care what it was composed of... just seeing it was amazing. Somehow Bopp-Hale didn't hold the same fascination for me.
ReplyDeleteYes, I remember those, too. Comets are one thing that usually the naked eye view or maybe through binoculars are much better than through a telescope.
DeleteThe pictures show what words can't depict. I love the "lion".
ReplyDeleteYes mam, like the old saying, "A picture is worth a thousand words".
DeleteI was wonder'n one time....can ya put a Chrysler Hemi in a Comet an' leave a trail of smoke like them thingys shoot'n cross the sky at night?
ReplyDeleteYou betchya you can. It would go hundred mile an hour or better for sure.
DeleteCool. That mythical creature looks like a lion to me.
ReplyDeleteI am sure it has some iron in it. BTW, the probe that took the pictures will orbit this comet as it approaches the sun to record the changes that will take place.
DeleteHi, You had asked about maple trees on my blog. Red, black and silver maple trees can also be tapped for sap. The thing is, the sap only "runs" in the north east. The process is weather dependent. It takes swings in temps, freeze/thaw conditions to make the sap flow.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info, that answers my question.
DeleteNot gonna go visit.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting.. the top right one in the cluster of four looks like a snarling cat ....
ReplyDeleteKarenInTheWoods and Steveio
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