Rosetta Gets Great View Of The “Dark Side” Of Comet 67P

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Shown is an image of the dark south polar region taken on 29 Sept 2014. ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team.

The "dark side" of Comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko has come into view of the Rosetta spacecraft for the first time. Specifically, it has examined a region near the comet’s south pole that experiences a long and cold winter, which had previously been in darkness for five years.