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Comet 67P model and "67P" painting.
       
     
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 From left:  Johannes Benkhoff, Rosetta Project Scientist, ESA Joe Zender, BepiColombo Deputy Project Scientist, ESA Lee Mottram, clarinetist collaborator, Wales, UK Ekaterina Smirnova, artist, New York, USA Matt Taylor, Rosetta Project Sci
       
     
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67P Through the Lens of Art

An exhibition of artworks by Ekaterina Smirnova, inspired by the Rosetta Mission to the comet 67P, at the European Space Agency (ESTEC, the Netherlands) in collaboration with ESTEC Fine Arts Club.
Organized by Claudia Mignone.
March 2016

Photo: Rosetta spacecraft model and "67P III" painting

Photography credit: Christophe Carreau, ESA

Comet 67P model and "67P" painting.
       
     
Comet 67P model and "67P" painting.

Crater-shaped formation is visible on both, however, in reality this structure appears to be a sinkhole, formed by the comet's activity, when water and dust is extracted from the comet's nucleus via jets, the latest scientific research suggests.

 Comet 67P model, "67P VII" painting
       
     

Comet 67P model, "67P VII" painting

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Clarinetist, Wales, performing his solo composition "67P Phases".

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Ekaterina Smirnova's talk at ESA.
April 1, 2016

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 From left:  Johannes Benkhoff, Rosetta Project Scientist, ESA Joe Zender, BepiColombo Deputy Project Scientist, ESA Lee Mottram, clarinetist collaborator, Wales, UK Ekaterina Smirnova, artist, New York, USA Matt Taylor, Rosetta Project Sci
       
     

From left: 
Johannes Benkhoff, Rosetta Project Scientist, ESA
Joe Zender, BepiColombo Deputy Project Scientist, ESA
Lee Mottram, clarinetist collaborator, Wales, UK
Ekaterina Smirnova, artist, New York, USA
Matt Taylor, Rosetta Project Scientist, ESA

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European Space Research and Technology Centre
Noordwijk, the Netherlands