• → European Space Agency

      • Space for Europe
      • Space News
      • Space in Images
      • Space in Videos
    • About Us

      • Welcome to ESA
      • DG’s blog
      • For Member State Delegations
      • Business with ESA
      • Law at ESA
      • ESA Exhibitions
      • ESA Publications
      • Careers at ESA
      • ESAshop
    • Our Activities

      • Space News
      • Observing the Earth
      • Human and Robotic Exploration
      • Space Transportation
      • Navigation
      • Space Science
      • Space Engineering & Technology
      • Operations
      • Telecommunications & Integrated Applications
      • Preparing for the Future
    • Careers at ESA

    • For Media

      • Media
      • ESA TV
      • Videos for professionals
      • Photos
    • For Educators

    • For Kids

    • ESA

    • Space in Images

    ESA > Space in Images > 2015 > 07 > 3D view of large boulder at Agilkia

    Free Search (23874 images)

    3D view of large boulder at Agilkia

    (766.95 kB)

    Details

    Open/Close
    • Title 3D view of large boulder at Agilkia
    • Released 30/07/2015 8:00 pm
    • Copyright ESA/Rosetta/Philae/ROLIS/DLR
    • Description

      This image, created from Philae’s ROLIS descent camera, focuses on the largest boulder seen in the image captured at 67.4 m above Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. It is best viewed with red/blue–green glasses. The 3D view highlights the fractures in the 5 m-high boulder, along with the tapered ‘tail’ of debris and excavated ‘moat’ around it.

      This ‘tail’ feature has also been identified around boulders elsewhere on the comet in OSIRIS images taken from orbit. The ROLIS team thinks the tails appear as a result of the region ‘behind’ an obstacle being shielded from erosion via the impact of falling particles arriving in a prevailing direction, perhaps from activity elsewhere on the comet.

    • Id 344762

    TAGS

    Open/Close
    • Click on the tags to find the matching images.
    • Activity Space Science
    • Mission Rosetta

    TAGS

    Open/Close

    Details

    Open/Close

    Rate this

    Views

    Comments

    Share

    • Currently 5 out of 5 Stars.
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5

    Rating: 5/5 (25 votes cast)

    Thank you for rating!

    You have already rated this page, you can only rate it once!

    Your rating has been changed, thanks for rating!

    4596 0
    Tweet

    COMMENTS

    Open/Close

    COMMENTS

    Open/Close

    RELATED IMAGES

    • 30 July 2015 Descending to a comet 54096 Votes: 94
    • 30 July 2015 Comet from 67.4 m 2850 Votes: 9

    USING OUR IMAGES

    Terms and conditions

    Contact us

    Commenting guidelines

    • Connect with us
    • Subscribe
    • mobile version
    • FAQ

    • Site Map

    • Contacts

    • Terms and conditions