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9/17/15
Behold Pluto in all of its glory. NASA today released a panoramic image, taken from the New Horizons flyby, showing the dwarf planet's mountains and plains in stunning new detail with the sun back-lighting the features of the icy world. The photo also shows a haze in Pluto's extended nitrogen-rich atmosphere.
Read more from ABC News
9/18/15
Sunset on Pluto! Perhaps the most spectacular planetary image I mage ever seen. http://t.co/sQgyJ9f2ZT pic.twitter.com/Rl8yjUN6TS
— Alex Parker (@Alex_Parker) September 17, 2015
9/18/15
The latest images from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft have scientists stunned - not only for their breathtaking views of Pluto's majestic icy mountains, streams of frozen nitrogen and haunting low-lying hazes, but also for their strangely familiar, arctic look.
Read more from NASA
9/21/15
Join @NASANewHorizons Alan Stern for Pluto lecture at @airandspace on 9/22. Or watch online! http://t.co/25OdjYBqfz pic.twitter.com/V0NC3mS8Pg
— Sunny (@science_sunny) September 21, 2015
9/24/15
Click through on this one, then once it loads, click again to see full size. Absolutely incredible.
Tens of millions of Pluto pixels, in color. The highest-res enhanced-color view of Pluto yet. http://t.co/jSZ2Fqyo6q pic.twitter.com/VJUsoZwMlM
— Alex Parker (@Alex_Parker) September 24, 2015
9/24/15
Have you folks looked at just how high resolution the new LORRI mosaic is? Zooming right in to the surface. pic.twitter.com/HDzw3BiBJG
— Alex Parker (@Alex_Parker) September 24, 2015