Space

New Pluto Images Reveal a Planet That's Stunningly Alive

31 October 2017

Four high-resolution images from New Horizons are combined with colour data to create a sharper view of Pluto and its wildly variable surface.
Photograph by NASA, JHUAPL
This enhanced colour image reveals Pluto's remarkably blotchy surface, punctuated by regions that are very dark and others that are very bright.
Photograph by NASA/JHUAPL

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