new horizons

The vibrant picture highlights the many subtle color differences on the planetoid's surface.
The backlit image gives us a new look at the dwarf planet.
"This image really makes you feel you are there, at Pluto, surveying the landscape for yourself."
“If an artist had painted this Pluto before our flyby, I probably would have called it over the top."
The craft could flyby another amazing object as soon as January 1st.
There's even a cameo from the dwarf planet's moon, Charon.
“It looks like somebody just dropped a giant boulder on Charon."
How fiction writers helped name the galaxy, including Pluto's newly photographed craters.