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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 5001 views 44 likes
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    Tim's spacewalk selfie
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    Colours of the Persian Gulf

    22/01/2016 10563 views 101 likes
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    Colours of the Persian Gulf
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    Sentinel-3: better than good

    01/04/2016 28365 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 13895 views 79 likes
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    Comet on 27 March 2016 – NavCam
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    Sentinel-1B lifts off

    26/04/2016 3671 views 26 likes
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    Sentinel-1B lifts off
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    Sentinel-1B’s first image

    28/04/2016 14258 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 1709 views 8 likes
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    Proba-2 spots transit of Mercury
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    Southern Tibetan Plateau

    17/06/2016 12360 views 120 likes
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    Southern Tibetan Plateau
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    Landing of the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft

    18/06/2016 1362 views 8 likes
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    Landing of the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft
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    Auroras on Jupiter

    01/07/2016 4397 views 29 likes
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    A long-dead star

    28/07/2016 3053 views 26 likes
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    Planck’s flame-filled view of the Polaris Flare

    22/08/2016 8753 views 120 likes
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    Gaia’s first sky map

    14/09/2016 95329 views 300 likes
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    Gaia’s first sky map
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    Test setup for MetOp-C

    15/09/2016 4496 views 66 likes
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    Test setup for MetOp-C
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    Philae close-up

    05/09/2016 56931 views 343 likes
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    Philae close-up
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    Enabling & Support

    Last command

    06/10/2016 5092 views 83 likes
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    Rosetta last command
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    Comet landing site

    30/09/2016 34657 views 169 likes
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    Comet landing site
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    Eye of the storm

    07/10/2016 10790 views 146 likes
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    Eye of the storm
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    Hubble pictures planetary nebula with spiral arms

    10/10/2016 14092 views 156 likes
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    Collecting samples

    13/11/2016 1606 views 10 likes
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    Collecting samples
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    Science & Exploration

    Thomas Pesquet performs the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut Hotel

    17/11/2016 1125 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 1432 views 9 likes
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    Ariane 5 liftoff on flight VA233
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    Better than dreaming

    22/11/2016 5138 views 89 likes
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    Better than dreaming
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    Bay Area displacement

    24/11/2016 9369 views 35 likes
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    Bay Area displacement
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    Mars close-up

    29/11/2016 4564 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 9326 views 59 likes
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    ExoMars first colour image of Phobos
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    Super moon

    16/12/2016 5952 views 25 likes
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