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New Horizons' view of Pluto on June 6, 2015

New Horizons' view of Pluto on June 6, 2015

NASA / JHUAPL / SwRI / Björn Jónsson

New Horizons' view of Pluto on June 6, 2015
New Horizons captured the four images used to make this view on June 6, 2015 from a distance of 46 million kilometers. Four images have been stacked and sharpened. The dark line running across Pluto is likely a real feature, not a processing artifact. Charon is still too small for any apparent features to be definitively discerned.

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Original image data dated on or about June 6, 2015

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