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Also very interesting, if you look at the high-res picture and zoom at the bottom right, you'll notice some sort of cable on the ground/boulder.

This could be the cable from one of the harpoons that may have fired but didn't anchor themselves, or it could be a feature attached to Philae that's in the field of vision.



That's one of the audio cables from the sound stage. If you look closely you can see the shadow of a boom mic on one of the rocks.


My first thought was: "Why would they need a mic? There's no sound in space" and then I felt the whoosh over my head. Well done.


It looks like it's resting on one of the antennae. You can see its shadow underneath it.




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