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Pluto Color Map

NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute2017-01-20

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This new, detailed global mosaic color map of Pluto is based on a series of three color filter images obtained by the Ralph/Multispectral Visual Imaging Camera aboard New Horizons during the NASA spacecraft's close flyby of Pluto in July 2015. The mosaic shows how Pluto's large-scale color patterns extend beyond the hemisphere facing New Horizons at closest approach- which were imaged at the highest resolution. North is up; Pluto's equator roughly bisects the band of dark red terrains running across the lower third of the map. Pluto's giant, informally named Sputnik Planitia glacier - the left half of Pluto's signature "heart" feature -- is at the center of this map.

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA11707

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  • Title: Pluto Color Map
  • Creator: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
  • Date Created: 2017-01-20
  • Rights: JPL
  • Album: kboggs
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