The New Horizons probe sent to Land a new photo of Pluto. The photograph was taken immediately after the point of closest approach of the spacecraft with the heavenly body.
New photo of Pluto was created 15 minutes after closest approach of the probe New Horizons. In the picture you can see the rugged glaciers of the surface of Pluto, with mountains up to 3,500 km and atmosphere of a celestial body.
"This photo really makes you feel as if you attend on Pluto. In the picture you can drill down to look at the landscape. Photo inter alia considered scientific Documentum, revealing new details about the atmosphere of Pluto, its mountains, glaciers and plains" - said a senior researcher at New Horizons Alan stern.
The probe New Horizons flew past Pluto at 14:49 Moscow time on July 14, 2015. The distance between the spacecraft and the celestial body is equal to 12.5 thousand km sunset Pictures on Pluto were sent to Earth on a future day, and on the NASA website appeared only now.
As we were informed Days.Roux, in July, New Horizons surprised NASA images of Pluto. The resulting geological map, despite the relatively low resolution, revealed some interesting facts from the life of the dwarf planet and its satellite. It was discovered that a huge bright "heart" at the equator of Pluto, which previously were shocked by NASA, consists of 2 halves with different chemical and mineral composition.
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