Satellite picture

This image was acquired by the Rosetta Orbiter Imaging System OSIRIS from a distance of 350 000 km at 22:28 UTC 12th November. The resolution is 6.5 km/pixel.

The mission is named after the famous ‘Rosetta Stone‘ and refers to an important discovery helped to understand hieroglyphics.

Picture Credits: ESA ©2009 MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA

More Antarctica same day at ice-map.appspot.com.