Picture taken on the surface of an asteroid

On October 3, 2018, Japan's Hayabusa2 mission dropped the MASCOT lander onto asteroid Ryugu. After bouncing off a boulder, it tumbled 55 feet and landed in a shadowed crater. This image shows Ryugu’s rugged, primitive surface—rich in carbonaceous materials. Captured before MASCOT’s battery died, it provides rare insight into untouched asteroid geology. Source: Jaumann et al. (Science, 2019) | Image via German Aerospace Center (DLR) & Gizmodo https://gizmodo.com/unprecedented-close-up-view-of-asteroid-shows-rocks-tha-1837475851

[OC] Wild hippos at the place we stayed at

Researchers at Loughborough University made a 35 x 13 micron violin made out of Platinum. It was designed to showcase the university's new nanolithography system.