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New Horizons Finds Blue Skies and Water Ice on Pluto - Guest - 10-15-2021

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Pluto’s Blue Sky: Pluto’s haze layer shows its blue color in this picture taken by the New Horizons Ralph/Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC). The high-altitude haze is thought to be similar in nature to that seen at Saturn’s moon Titan. The source of both hazes likely involves sunlight-initiated chemical reactions of nitrogen and methane, leading to relatively small, soot-like particles (called tholins) that grow as they settle toward the surface. This image was generated by software that combines information from blue, red and near-infrared images to replicate the color a human eye would perceive as closely as possible.
Credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
 
https://www.nasa.gov/nh/nh-finds-blue-skies-and-water-ice-on-pluto
 



New Horizons Finds Blue Skies and Water Ice on Pluto - Guest - 10-15-2021

Two Small Pluto Moons Get Their Close-Ups 
 
Pluto’s moon Nix is shown in high-resolution black-and-white and lower-resolution color in this image captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its July 2015 flyby.
 
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http://www.space.com/30819-pluto-moons-nix-hydra-photos.html
 
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