From pixels to heart: NASA releases new, up-close photographs of Pluto by New Horizons

From pixels to heart: NASA releases new, up-close photographs of Pluto by New Horizons

FP Staff July 16, 2015, 15:08:10 IST

From pixels to heart: Pluto pictures over the years

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This view is dominated by the large, bright feature informally named the “heart,” which measures approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) across. NASA

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This animation combines various observations of Pluto over the course of several decades. NASA official website

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New close-up images of a region near Pluto’s equator reveal a giant surprise: a range of youthful mountains. NASA

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The latest spectra from New Horizons Ralph instrument reveal an abundance of methane ice, but with striking differences from place to place across the frozen surface of Pluto. NASA

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Since its discovery in 2005, Pluto’s moon Hydra has been known only as a fuzzy dot of uncertain shape, size, and reflectivity. NASA

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New Horizons’ new colour images of Pluto and its large moon Charon that highlight their compositional diversity. NASA

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