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This sequence of 12 images taken by Rosetta's OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on 14 February 2015 capture the spacecraft's shadow against the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
The images were taken about six kilometres above the comet’s surface, and the image resolution is just 11 cm/pixel. The image frames are about 228 m across. Rosetta’s fuzzy shadow, measuring approximately 20 x 50 metres, is seen at the bottom of the images.
The 12 images are featured in today's data release, which includes over 3500 OSIRIS images taken in the period 20 December 2014 – 10 March 2015.
For more information see the blog: OSIRIS data release – including “shadow” flyby