New Horizons

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josip wrote: »

It's the sea, and that's a glacier calving on the right

It does look like it doesn't it. But surely it should be far to cold for those conditions?

Capt'n Midnight

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It does look like it doesn't it. But surely it should be far to cold for those conditions?

well there's nitrogen volcanoes out so there could be neon glaciers

I don't think so but ...

Mountainsandh

The little "lake" is interesting too. Is it receeding (the big blobby "sea")? It looked to me like it was rising, but not so sure now. Wouldn't it be great if we could see an updated shot , when are we going back?

edit : I was re-reading josip's comment, and I had to Google "glacier calving", but I see now, what you are saying !

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New Pluto Images from NASA’s New Horizons: It’s Complicated

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From a beautiful sunset to majestic mountains: Stunning new images of Pluto reveal its 'Earth-like' landscape in incredible detail

Alien life may be lurking beneath Pluto's crust, according to physicist Brian Cox.

His comments come after the historic flyby of the dwarf planet by New Horizons, which uncovered huge glaciers and mountains made of water ice.

These features hint at the possibility of subterranean seas on the dwarf planet warm enough for organic chemistry to thrive, said Cox.

The probe 'showed you that there may well be a subsurface ocean on Pluto,' Cox told the Times .

'[This] means - if our understanding of life on Earth is even slightly correct - that you could have living things there.'

shedweller

Now they are really awe inspiring photos! Theres that little ball of rock and ice just spinning away totally oblivious to everything. Wow. I wonder if humanity will ever set foot on it. Wouldn't that be something else?!

Hotblack Desiato

Alien life may be lurking beneath Pluto's crust, according to physicist Brian Cox.

:rolleyes:

'may be' = 'has not been categorically disproven but I might get a book or TV show out of it, or a mention in the Guardian at least'

Daily Mail! even worse better!

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Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Daily Mail! even worse better!

shakes fist

josip

shedweller wrote: »

..I wonder if humanity will ever set foot on it. Wouldn't that be something else?!

With a mean surface temp of 44 K (−229 °C) they'll need Ugg boots if they do.

ThunderCat

josip wrote: »

With a mean surface temp of 44 K (−229 °C) they'll need Ugg boots if they do.

Sure it's grand, we'll head back there in Summer.

mg1982

Thats such incredible detail on the planets surface. Hopefully there will be more to come.

Curly Judge

ThunderCat wrote: »

Sure it's grand, we'll head back there in Summer.

But before the flies get too busy , of course!

Zubeneschamali

josip wrote: »

With a mean surface temp of 44 K (−229 °C) they'll need Ugg boots if they do.

It's not the temperature, it's the humidity.

namloc1980

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=37888

Coloured view. What a stunning image.

B17G

Jesus, what an image. Those who designed and sent this ship into space are fierce clever people.......

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Made using latest Pics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgl9jJUzITg

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B17G wrote: »

Jesus, what an image. Those who designed and sent this ship into space are fierce clever people.......

And all for just €720 Million.

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/07/14/Here-s-What-It-Cost-Send-NASA-s-New-Horizons-Pluto

Ace Attorney

Its crazy how far away this thing is, and we have such high res photos of it, really. this is another sub planet more than a billion miles away....... crazy!

mg1982

And thats only in our solar system. Imagine all the other stars and planets in our galaxy and universe to be explored. Unfortunately we may never have the technology to do it.

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A Peek Inside the Pluto Public Relations Machine

http://www.scilogs.com/the-leap/a-peek-inside-the-pluto-public-relations-machine/

dbran

So apparently one of the contingent plans that the New Horizons operations team had in place for the encounter.

In case of a 9/11 style attack where there was a loss of the operations centre on the east coast, and all the aeroplanes were grounded as a result, they had a remote centre to operate from in the JPL in California. They had a van and driver on standby to drive the whole team across the US by road.

Leave nothing to chance!!😊

JupiterKid

The images being sent back by New Horizons are just stunning. Pluto has turned out to be a fascinating world.

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New Charon Image (Shopped abit, read on)

It’s time for an even more detailed look at Charon, Pluto’s outrageously enormous moon with bizarrely complicated geology.

Charon is Pluto’s largest moon, and the largest moon with respect to its parent planet in the entire solar system. At just over 10% the mass of Pluto, the moon pulls the dwarf planet around their mutual center of mass (the barycenter), making a solid argument that Charon is actually the smaller half of the only known binary dwarf planetary system.

These images aren’t the Charon you’d see with your own eyes: the extended-colour image uses blue, red, and infrared light to emphasize surface properties. The only real colour diversity is the red north polar region, an ice cap. More interesting is the wide range of landforms: rolling plains, heavily cratered lowlands, and, dramatic canyons cutting a belt across the monstrous moon.

All the names of locations on Charon are still preliminary, unofficial names that makes the features easier to discuss even though they’ve not to be formalized by the International Astronomical Union.

http://space.io9.com/bask-in-the-glory-of-charon-plutos-largest-moon-1734063617

shedweller

Phenomenal! Thanks tombstone!

Curly Judge

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New Charon Image (Shopped abit, read on)





http://space.io9.com/bask-in-the-glory-of-charon-plutos-largest-moon-1734063617

Charon seems to be a moon of two halves?

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Blue skys and water on Pluto

Gwynston

This is a pretty stunning one too:

Maximus Alexander

Pluto is fecking awesome.

JupiterKid

Charon is turning out to be almost as interesting as Pluto. This goes to show that our solar system is remarkably complex and that the icy moons and dwarf planets insist on being individuals.

Pluto seems to be at least as geologically complex as Mars. The New Horizons mission team couldn't have hoped for this much.

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I think I posted something like this for one of the other Missions and not this one but anywho...

A look at the Tech inside New Horizons