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Asteroid surface with probe

author: Walter B. Myers/Novapix

reference: a-ast99-90800

Image Size 300 DPI: 51 * 38 cm

An unmanned robotic probe drills into the surface of an asteroid as a meteorite strikes nearby creating a plume of super-heated plasma and dust. On the horizon is a milky white haze composed of fine asteroid dust suspended by electrostatic forces.

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2013 - ASTEROID - ILLUSTRATION - METEORITE - POSTER - SPACE - SPACEPROBE -