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asdfoster · 3350 days ago · link · · parent · post: While NASA's New Horizons is checking out Pluto, the ESA's Rosetta is catching glimpses of another comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko waking up!
Very cool! Not my cup of tea personally, sounds like the worst of E&M, fluid dynamics and atmospheric science all rolled into one. But still, always cool to see another astronomer around. But yeah, I feel you about the lack of pretty pictures. I've got some nice plots for you to ogle, but nothing of the actual planets. Just some blobby pixelated images of their host stars. Still, the pretty stuff is cool and generates a lot of public excitement which is always nice. Also, I wouldn't sell your field short. I'm assuming that you're studying plasma around the sun, and those CMEs and stuff can be pretty beautiful. EDIT: I added some stuff.