Pluto and it's moon Charon

Pluto and it's moon Charon.

The latest from New Horizons (colorized).

July 8, 2015.

New Horizons was about 3.7 million miles (6 million kilometers) from Pluto and Charon when it snapped this portrait late on July 8, 2015.

color information obtained earlier in the mission from the Ralph instrument has been added.

Image of Pluto only from the New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), July 8, 2015. Most of the bright features around Pluto’s edge are a result of image processing, but the bright sliver below the dark “whale,” which is also visible in unprocessed images, is real.

Scientists believe they were shaped by a cosmic collision billions of years ago, and yet, in many ways, they seem more like strangers than siblings.

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/pluto-and-charon-new-horizons-dynamic-duo

Last Updated: July 10, 2015.

Editor: Tricia Talbert.

Credits: NASA-JHUAPL-SWRI.

명왕성과 카론의 최근 사진.

2015년 7월 8일에 뉴 호라이존스 (NEw Horizons) 호의 롤리(LORRI) 카메라가 촬영한 명왕성과 그 위성 카론의 모습. 컬러 정보는 이전에 촬영한 사진을 바탕으로 하였습니다. 

뉴  호라이존스 호는 7월 14일에 명왕성에 가장 가까이 접근합니다.