PLUTO, SOL SYSTEM - 13 July 2015 - Pluto nearly fills the frame in this image from the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard NASA’s New Ho
PLUTO, SOL SYSTEM - 13 July 2015 - Pluto nearly fills the frame in this image from the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, taken on July 13, 2015 when the spacecraft was 476,000 miles (768,000 kilometers) from the surface. This is the last and most detailed image sent to Earth before the spacecraft’s closest approach to Pluto on July 14. The color image has been combined with lower-resolution color information from the Ralph instrument that was acquired earlier on July 13. This view is dominated by the large, bright feature informally named the “heart,†which measures approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) across. The heart borders darker equatorial terrains, and the mottled terrain to its east (right) are complex. However, even at this resolution, much of the heart’s interior appears remarkably featureless—possibly a sign of ongoing geologic processes. The NASA New Horizons spacecraft has spent over nine years on it's journey to the outskirts of our solar system to find out more about this mysterious heavenly body and arrives into it's orbit around the planet today. It will flypast Pluto and it's moon Charon on 14 Jul 2015 and will then go on to explore the Kuiper Belt - Photo: Geopix/JHUAPL/SwRI/NASA
Size: 3000px × 3000px
Location: Pluto Sol System
Photo credit: © Geopix / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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