Last summer the New Horizons mission made its historic flyby of Pluto. Data from the spacecraft have been slowly beamed back to Earth and its still not all here yet. But what is here is an amazing array of images and other information that have revealed this world to be nothing short of spectacular.
Today NASA unveiled their highest resolution imagery of Pluto showing an amazing and diverse range of landscapes.
Have a look at their video which cuts across our solar system's most famous dwarf planet:
Here's a just a piece of the cut across Pluto, its what they labeled at the Pitted, hummocky Nitrogen ice plains:
It's like nothing seen on any other surface in the solar system. (Note: I rotated the image.) The video goes too fast for my tastes, so it is worth the time to look at the full cut across Pluto. You can see the full image here. It's amazing.
Today NASA unveiled their highest resolution imagery of Pluto showing an amazing and diverse range of landscapes.
Have a look at their video which cuts across our solar system's most famous dwarf planet:
Here's a just a piece of the cut across Pluto, its what they labeled at the Pitted, hummocky Nitrogen ice plains:
It's like nothing seen on any other surface in the solar system. (Note: I rotated the image.) The video goes too fast for my tastes, so it is worth the time to look at the full cut across Pluto. You can see the full image here. It's amazing.
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