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3D 67P

from Oct 17, 2026

3D 67P

Put on your red/blue glasses and float next to the jagged and double-lobed nucleus of Churyumov-Gerasimenko, also known as Comet 67P. The stereo anaglyph was created by combining two images from the Rosetta spacecraft's narrow angle OSIRIS camera taken on July 25, 2015 from a distance of 184 kilometers.

Numerous jets are emanating from the small solar system world's active surface near its closest approach to the Sun. 5 kilometer diameter lobe by a narrow neck.

Rosetta's mission to the comet ended in September 2016 when the spacecraft was commanded to a controlled impact with the comet's surface. Keep those 3D glasses on though.

You can check out a catalog of nearly 1400 stereo anaglyphs created from Rosetta image data on this website.

© ESA, Rosetta, MPS, OSIRIS - Stereo Anaglyph: Philippe Lamy and The Team

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