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Most detailed Pluto images yet ....

John

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Stub Mandrel

Stub Mandrel

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I'll embed a link to the image which is very big:

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The embedded image has been removed  as it was a very large image totally unsuitable for people with slow internet connections or on mobiles!!

Here's the link http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/crop_p_color2_enhanced_release.png 70 MB download you have been warned!!!

Peter

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Stub Mandrel

Stub Mandrel

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Please remember some people don't have fast internet connections so please post links with warnings rather than embedding them in the post!!!

The  embedded image will (has)  be removed.

Peter....

Sorry Peter,

I class myself as slow internet , my apologies to anyone inconvenienced.

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DRT

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Some more stunning images from the New Horizons mission here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34358723

Stuff to keep planetary scientists busy for some time I would think ! :smiley:

Exploring the detail in the 70mb image is amazing :shocked:

Absolutely stunning!

With the exception of Earth, I don't think I have seen any Solar System body with more geological diversity than is shown in that picture. It looks like someone has taken pictures of all the rocky bodies we have visited, snipped-up all the pictures and made a mosaic!

It is quite mind-blowing trying to figure out what we are looking at and how it came to be that way. I look forward to reading the theories for years to come.

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Pluto the Snowman

Pluto the Snowman

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I'll embed a link to the image which is very big:

Please note :

The embedded image has been removed  as it was a very large image totally unsuitable for people with slow internet connections or on mobiles!!

Here's the link http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/crop_p_color2_enhanced_release.png 70 MB download you have been warned!!!

Peter

What is the maximum size considered acceptable on this forum? This one is my favourite so far (along with the wikipedia main pluto image) but is 2055 by 1321 pxls. It looked huge when I previewed it so did not embed it. 

TBH Im not sure which is more impressive, the achievement of getting a spacecraft to Pluto, or being able to gather such a large amount of images and other data of such a small world. The Neptune encounter was great, but Voyager 2 took 12 years iirc to get there so was travelling slower, plus Neptune is more than twice the size of Pluto.

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