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A One-Second GIF Made From Photos on the Surface of a Comet

Some guy took 25 minutes worth of photos that were shot on the surface of a comet, and turned them into a one-second GIF.  It looks like there’s a snowstorm,…

SPRING MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, NV – AUGUST 13: A Perseid meteor streaks across the sky above desert pine trees on August 13, 2015 in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, Nevada. The annual display, known as the Perseid shower because the meteors appear to radiate from the constellation Perseus in the northeastern sky, is a result of Earth’s orbit passing through debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

(Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Some guy took 25 minutes worth of photos that were shot on the surface of a comet, and turned them into a one-second GIF. 

It looks like there's a snowstorm, but those are dust particles and cosmic rays. The pics were taken by the Rosetta space probe when it was on Comet 67P back in 2016.