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The first insanely close-up photo of Pluto reveals mountains and water on its surface
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 19:42
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“We did it.” Those were the three words resounding through mission operations center at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laborator last night when NASA received confirmation that their spacecraft, New Horizons, had reached Pluto for the first time in history
Now, the scientists are reaping the rewards from that came to within 7,600 miles from Pluto's surface with this latest, mind-blowing image of icy mountains on Pluto:
The surface of Pluto is covered in nitrogen ice, but “you can't make mountains out of that stuff,” Stern said. “We are seeing the bedrock, or the bed ice. These mountains are made from frozen water.” …. http://www.businessinsider.com
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-first-insanely-close-up-photo-of.html
