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Rosetta Comet Orbiter -** 120 Icy Patches ** Philae Phones Home ** Ceres Fly Over Video ** New Coma Discovery ** Picture MOTHER LODE !
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Yes, and the "cliff landslided" area isn't just the darker ridges. It looks to have encompassed most of the ridgeline in view. One has to wonder how far out that formation extended from landscrapped/sculpted viewed edge before it gave way .... more than once??
The thing I come away with is that the newer landslide (darker area) appears to be rather rocky, where the older (lighter) landslided areas on the ends looks icy, but it could be light colored dust.
If you click to zoom and look at the lower left hand corner of the landslide/debris field it looks like something exploded.... 45 degree marks along escarpment.
Quoting: BG-Fan It's going to be fascinating to see this comet come alive. I think these dark eroded cliff areas, parallel to the Sun's rays, could be the active areas on the comet that will start producing the dust and gas as the comet warms up. I also think that the lighter dusty material is acting as insulation, protecting the areas it blankets form the full effects of the Sun. We shall see in the coming months. K We've seen all sides of the nucleus now. This is the side I predict they will land on: [ link to www.esa.int]
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