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True Colors of Pluto
This is the most accurate natural color images of Pluto taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015.
James Christy, Co-Discoverer of Charon, Pluto’s Largest Moon
Jim Christy points to the photographic plate on which he and a colleague discovered Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, in 1978.
Blue Rays: New Horizons’ High-Res Farewell to Pluto
This is the highest-resolution color departure shot of Pluto's receding crescent from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, taken when the spacecraft…
Pluto Global Color Map
This new, detailed global mosaic color map of Pluto is based on a series of three color filter images obtained…
The Jagged Shores of Pluto’s Highlands
This enhanced color view from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft zooms in on the southeastern portion of Pluto's great ice plains,…
The Frozen Canyons of Pluto’s North Pole
This ethereal scene captured by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft tells yet another story of Pluto's diversity of geological and compositional…
Putting Pluto’s Geology on the Map
This geological map covers a portion of Pluto's surface that measures 1,290 miles (2,070 kilometers) from top to bottom, and…
Zigzagging across Pluto
This high-resolution swath of Pluto (right) sweeps over the cratered plains at the west of the New Horizons' encounter hemisphere…
Zooming in on Pluto’s Pattern of Pits
On July 14 the telescopic camera on NASA's New Horizons spacecraft took the highest resolution images ever obtained of the…
Pluto’s Close-up, Now in Color
This enhanced color mosaic combines some of the sharpest views of Pluto that NASA's New Horizons spacecraft obtained during its…
