Date: 5/12/2015 16:59:03
From: CrazyNeutrino
ID: 809566
Subject: NASA releases high resolution images of Pluto

NASA releases the highest resolution images ever taken of Pluto

NASA has just released the highest resolution photographs of the surface of Pluto from the New Horizons flyby. The images were taken about 10,000 miles (17,000 kilometers) above the surface of Pluto, just 15 minutes before the spacecraft’s closest approach.

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Date: 5/12/2015 17:26:47
From: CrazyNeutrino
ID: 809580
Subject: re: NASA releases high resolution images of Pluto

New Horizons: New Pluto close-ups to help NASA piece together dwarf planet’s geological history

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has sent back what the space agency has described as the best close-ups of the planet that humans may see for decades.

Taken from a range of just 17,000 kilometres, the new images were snapped during the spacecraft’s closest approach to Pluto, from its flyby of the dwarf planet in July this year.

They document an 80-kilometre strip of the planet’s surface, offering an intimate perspective of its cratered, mountainous and glacial terrains.

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Date: 5/12/2015 17:58:06
From: PermeateFree
ID: 809592
Subject: re: NASA releases high resolution images of Pluto

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Date: 5/12/2015 20:03:32
From: dv
ID: 809663
Subject: re: NASA releases high resolution images of Pluto

Great stuff

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