In pictures: Rosetta's final mission

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Europe's Rosetta mission has come to an end, with the spacecraft being commanded to collide with Comet 67P.

But as the probe made its slow 19km descent to the comet's "head", it snapped some spectacular pictures of the surface.

16km

Comet 67P

8.9km

A picture of the comet from 8.9km awayImage source, Esa/Rosetta/MPS

5.8km

CometImage source, Esa

5.7km

5.7kmImage source, Esa

1.2km

CometImage source, Esa

23 metres

Last imageImage source, ESA/ROSETTA/MPS for OSIRIS Team
Image caption,

This blurry image is the last picture sent back by Rosetta before impact