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Our year through the lens:
a selection of our favourite images for 2016
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    Tim's spacewalk selfie

    15/01/2016 4869 views 44 likes
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    Tim's spacewalk selfie
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    Colours of the Persian Gulf

    22/01/2016 10254 views 100 likes
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    Colours of the Persian Gulf
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    Sentinel-3: better than good

    01/04/2016 28119 views 155 likes
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    Sentinel-3: better than good
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    Comet on 27 March 2016 – NavCam

    01/04/2016 13782 views 79 likes
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    Comet on 27 March 2016 – NavCam
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    Sentinel-1B lifts off

    26/04/2016 3637 views 26 likes
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    Sentinel-1B lifts off
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    Sentinel-1B’s first image

    28/04/2016 14203 views 153 likes
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    Sentinel-1B’s first image
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    Proba-2 spots transit of Mercury

    10/05/2016 1674 views 8 likes
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    Proba-2 spots transit of Mercury
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    Southern Tibetan Plateau

    17/06/2016 12129 views 120 likes
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    Southern Tibetan Plateau
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    Landing of the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft

    18/06/2016 1342 views 8 likes
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    Landing of the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft
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    Auroras on Jupiter

    01/07/2016 4328 views 29 likes
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    A long-dead star

    28/07/2016 2978 views 26 likes
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    Planck’s flame-filled view of the Polaris Flare

    22/08/2016 8583 views 120 likes
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    Gaia’s first sky map

    14/09/2016 94740 views 295 likes
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    Gaia’s first sky map
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    Test setup for MetOp-C

    15/09/2016 4440 views 66 likes
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    Test setup for MetOp-C
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    Philae close-up

    05/09/2016 56662 views 342 likes
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    Philae close-up
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    Enabling & Support

    Last command

    06/10/2016 5030 views 83 likes
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    Rosetta last command
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    Comet landing site

    30/09/2016 34572 views 169 likes
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    Comet landing site
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    Eye of the storm

    07/10/2016 10351 views 145 likes
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    Eye of the storm
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    Hubble pictures planetary nebula with spiral arms

    10/10/2016 13918 views 156 likes
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    Collecting samples

    13/11/2016 1567 views 10 likes
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    Collecting samples
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    Thomas Pesquet performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut Hotel

    17/11/2016 1072 views 5 likes
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    Thomas Pesquet performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut Hotel
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    Ariane 5 liftoff on flight VA233

    17/11/2016 1402 views 9 likes
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    Ariane 5 liftoff on flight VA233
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    Better than dreaming

    22/11/2016 5098 views 89 likes
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    Better than dreaming
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    Bay Area displacement

    24/11/2016 9291 views 35 likes
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    Bay Area displacement
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    Mars close-up

    29/11/2016 4490 views 35 likes
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    Mars close-up
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    Science & Exploration

    ExoMars first colour image of Phobos

    06/12/2016 9167 views 59 likes
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    ExoMars first colour image of Phobos
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    Super moon

    16/12/2016 5802 views 24 likes
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