Rather cool photos and video sent in by amateur radio astronomer Gérard Galve, who reports that he monitored Rosetta's signals from his backyard in Toulouse, France, this morning.

He was up and about at 02:00 with his friend, Bertrand, to catch ESA's comect chaser. They report picking up signals at 02:10... the video includes audio (the '...wheeeeeeee tone in the background') monitored at 08:01 UT (09:01 CET). Merci beaucoup, Messieurs! ... et "73!"

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