Here's What Pluto's Mountains Look Like
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Scientists weren't quite sure what to expect when the New Horizons spacecraft started sending back pictures from its Pluto flyby. They definitely weren't expecting the striking range of geological features they discovered on the dwarf planet's surface in the early photographs. As more (and better) photographs ping back to us across the Solar System, the surface of Pluto is being revealed in ever greater and more interesting detail.

Look at these mountains!

The smooth expanse of the informally named Sputnik Planum (right) is flanked to the west (left) by rugged mountains up to 11,000 feet (3,500 meters) high, including the informally named Norgay Montes in the foreground and Hillary Montes on the skyline.  NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

 

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