Ever been curious of what it looks like on the surface of a comet?

Well ponder no more, now you can know. This is a gif assembled out of images sent back from the Rosetta lander.

Now I know that seems pretty crazy chaotic, but all those white points moving down in the background are actually the stars shifting in the sky as the comet moves. Here's another gif which highlights this.

UndeadPrivateer · 31-35, M

@LadyGrace The Rosetta mission is studying comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, which is traveling at a velocity of approximately 135,000 kilometers per hour, 38 km/second,(84,000 mph, 23 mile/second) and has an orbit that brings it within 1.45 AU and out to 5.5 AU from the sun. (1 AU is the distance from the Sun to the Earth.)

BeefySenpie · M

For the last week I've been wondering that

Sarcasm aside, that is pretty damn awesome 🤓

SW-User

I wonder what metals/ elements it has and if there any form of microbial life forms on it.