As a kid I learned that comets are just "dirty snowballs." Look at how much richer the reality is!
The Rosetta spacecraft took this amazing close-up of Comet 67/P from a distance of 20 km.
https://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2015/04/01/cometwatch-28-march-14-km-flyby/ #science #nature #space #astronomy
@coreyspowell I'd love to hitch a ride on that dirty snowball.