June 2016: Picture of the Month

This view of the night side of Pluto was captured by New Horizons last July when the spacecraft was 21000 kilometres from the planet (or 19 minutes after its closest approach). The photo also reveals the complex layers of the Plutonian’s hazy atmosphere. The landscape seen in the crescent view includes the southern areas of the nitrogen ice plains known as Sputnik Planum and the Norgay Montes.

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