UNBELIEVABLE IMAGES OF PLUTO

FROM A DISTANCE OF JUST TWO AND A HALF MILLION

MILES (4 MILLION KM) FROM PLUTO, THE SPACECRAFT

HAS TAKEN ITS BEST IMAGE OF FOUR DARK SPOTS

ANOTHER CLOSE UP PICTURE OF SPUTNIK PLANUM,

THE PLUTO´S “HEART”.

IN THE WESTERN HALF OF WHAT MISSION SCIENTISTS

HAVE INFORMALLY NAMED TOMBAUGH REGIO,

NEW HORIZONS’ RALPH INSTRUMENT REVEALED

EVIDENCE OF CARBON MONOXIDE ICE. THE CONTOURS

INDICATE THAT THE CONCENTRATION OF FROZEN

CARBON MONOXIDE INCREASES TOWARDS THE

CENTRE OF THE “BULL’S EYE.”

PLUTO’S BRIGHT HIGH-ALTITUDE ATMOSPHERIC

HAZE PRODUCES A TWILIGHT THAT SOFTLY

ILLUMINATES THE SURFACE BEFORE SUNRISE

AND AFTER SUNSET

A CLOSE UP IMAGE OF PLUTO'S SMALL MOON NIX

SHOWING FEATURES AS SMALL AS 4 MILES (6

KILOMETRES) ACROSS. MISSION SCIENTISTS

BELIEVE WE ARE LOOKING AT ONE END OF AN

ELONGATED BODY ABOUT 25 MILES

(40 KILOMETRES) IN DIAMETER

THIS NEW IMAGE OF CHARON HAS A CAPTIVATING

FEATURE, A DEPRESSION WITH A PEAK IN THE

MIDDLE, SHOWN HERE IN THE UPPER LEFT

CORNER OF THE INSET

HYDRA, PLUTO´S OUTERMOST MOON, WAS DISCOVERED

IN 2005. PROBABLY COVERED WITH WATER ICE,

THE MOON IS ESTIMATED TO MEASURE 55 BY 40 KM

(34 BY 25 MILES)

ONE OF THE MOST DETAILED STUDIES OF PLUTO´S

SURFACE, THIS IMAGE REVEALS FEATURES AS SMALL

AS 270 YARDS (250 METRES) ACROSS