The Rosetta Spacecraft took an intimate Valentine's Day photo series of Comet 67P. (ESA/Rosetta/NavCam)

The European Space Agency's Rosetta space probe had an intimate Valentine's Day date with Comet 67P, and the result is a series of stunningly detailed photos.

In a blog post, the ESA said last Saturday and took photos with the spacecraft's NAVCAM above the comet's "Imhotep region."

With 16 individual frames, the ESA pieced together the images to form a mosaic and capture the comet as a whole.

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Around 12:41 universal time, Rosetta passed through the "zero phase" angle, meaning the sun was behind the probe and offered optimal lighting for the photo series.

In the pictures, you can see Comet 67P's surface covered in boulders and scarred by years of impact with smaller celestial bodies.

The Rosetta probe is famous for sending the in November last year.