By SJ Otto
I've always been a fan of outer space travel and
exploration. All through my youth we never saw Pluto as more than a bright spot
from a telescope image. Now at the age of 60, I can
see what this world looks like up close. This was one of this years best moments
in outer space exploration.
From IGN:
The New Horizons
spacecraft flew by Pluto in July, and every week it has been sending back data
it recorded. The latest images it has sent back were taken on its closest
approach to Pluto, and they're the clearest we'll see for some time.
These new pictures
have a resolution of around 250-280 feet per pixel which, according to NASA, reveal "features less
than half the size of a city block on Pluto's diverse surface." The images
show "a wide variety of cratered, mountainous and glacial terrains."
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here.
Pix from www.popsci.com.
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