Pluto’s atmosphere

updated: 24 July, 23:00 CEST

Pluto’s atmosphere

Pluto’s atmosphere

Mountain range in Pluto’s Tombaugh Regio

Pluto's moons Nix and Hydra / Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

Pluto’s moons Nix and Hydra / Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

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“Sputnik Planum” on Pluto / Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

“Sputnik Planum” on Pluto / Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

Icy mountains of Pluto

A first detailed image of Charon’s surface / Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

Charon

Photo of Pluto captured from New Horizons at about 4 p.m. EDT on July 13, about 16 hours before the moment of closest approach. The spacecraft was 476,000 miles (766,000 kilometers) from the surface. / Photo credit: NASA

Pluto on July 12 from a distance of 1.6 million miles (2.5 million kilometers)

Pluto on July 12 from a distance of 1.6 million miles (2.5 million kilometers)

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Charon on July 12 from a distance of 1.6 million miles (2.5 million kilometers)

Charon on July 12 from a distance of 1.6 million miles (2.5 million kilometers)

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Image from New Horizons taken on July 9, 2015 from 3.3 million miles (5.4 million kilometers) / photo credits: NASA

Pluto starts to reveal its geological features

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