3,500m icy peaks of Pluto: NASA reveals striking images of dwarf planet
3,500m icy peaks of Pluto: NASA reveals striking images of dwarf planet
Published time: 15 Jul, 2015 22:34
Edited time: 16 Jul, 2015 06:02
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has sent back to Earth the amazing and detailed photos of Pluto and its satellite Charon for the first time. They turned out to be far from dull balls of ice, with high mountains and deep canyons.
On July, 14 the spacecraft New Horizons made the closest flyby to Pluto, having passed only 12,500 kilometers (7,750 miles) above the dwarf planet on the outskirts of the solar system. The first transmitted photos have already led to some incredible discoveries.
Zoom into Pluto & discover mountains, seen during yesterday's @NASANewHorizons#PlutoFlyby:http://t.co/6QLXLxiW0ohttps://t.co/toJQ0j7wB6
— NASA (@NASA) July 15, 2015
The world has been discussing a “heart” on the Pluto’s surface but even more intriguing areas proved to lie just to the south-east of that. The images revealed by NASA’s historic press conference on Wednesday showed mountains in the equatorial region which are as high as 3,500 meters (11,000 feet) and are about 100 million years old.
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