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AMAZING IMAGES OF PLUTO

Added on: 27th Dec 2015

 

 

FOUR IMAGES FROM NEW HORIZONS’ LONG RANGE

RECONNAISSANCE IMAGER WERE COMBINED WITH

COLOUR DATA FROM THE RALPH INSTRUMENT TO

CREATE THIS SHARPER GLOBAL VIEW OF PLUTO.

Pluto

 

 

ONE OF THE LATEST HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGES OF

PLUTO TAKEN BY NASA’S NEW HORIZONS SPACECRAFT.

Pluto

 

 

JUST 15 MINUTES AFTER ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO

PLUTO ON JULY 14, 2015, THE SPACECRAFT LOOKED

BACK TOWARD THE SUN AND CAPTURED THIS NEAR-SUNSET

VIEW OF THE RUGGED, ICY MOUNTAINS AND FLAT ICE

PLAINS EXTENDING TO PLUTO’S HORIZON.

Pluto

 

 

THIS PICTURE ILLUSTRATES THE INCREDIBLE DIVERSITY

OF SURFACE REFLECTIVITIES AND GEOLOGICAL

LANDFORMS ON THE DWARF PLANET.

Pluto

 

 

NEW CLOSE-UP IMAGES OF A REGION NEAR PLUTO’S

EQUATOR REVEAL A GIANT SURPRISE: A RANGE

OF YOUTHFUL MOUNTAINS.

Pluto

 

 

BACKLIT BY THE SUN, PLUTO’S ATMOSPHERE RINGS ITS

SILHOUETTE LIKE A LUMINOUS HALO IN THIS IMAGE TAKEN

BY NASA’S NEW HORIZONS SPACECRAFT AROUND

MIDNIGHT EDT ON JULY 15.

Pluto

 

 

THE SETTING SUN ILLUMINATES A FOG OR NEAR-SURFACE

HAZE, WHICH IS CUT BY THE PARALLEL SHADOWS OF

MANY LOCAL HILLS AND SMALL MOUNTAINS.

Pluto

 

 

ANOTHER STUNNING VIEW OF PLUTO´S HORIZON

ILLUMINATED BY THE SUNSET.

Pluto

 

 

ONE OF THE SHARPEST AND MOST DETAILED PICTURES

OF PLUTO´S LARGEST MOON CHARON.

Charon

 


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