Gallery: The First Pluto Photos From New Horizons' Massive Data Dump

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    Spherical-Mosaic-9-10-15

    This patched-together image of Pluto shows New Horizons' views of the dark, cratered Cthulhu Regio below Sputnik Planum's bright, left lobe.
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    Chaos-Region-9-10-15

    A large region of jumbled, broken terrain on the northwestern edge of Sputnik Planum (that's the big heart).
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    Scientists are still working out what causes these enigmatic fields of dark, aligned ridges. If they are dunes, that could mean Pluto has wind.
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    Surface-Features-9-10-15

    More detail of Pluto's big heart-shaped ice plain, Sputnik Planum.
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    Composite-Haze-Image-9-10-15

    Two different versions of an image of Pluto's haze layers, taken by New Horizons as it looked back at Pluto's dark side.
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    twilight-9-10-15

    Pluto's bright, high-altitude atmospheric haze produces a twilight that softly illuminates the surface before sunrise and after sunset.
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    charon-9-10-15

    Charon's surface indicates a surprisingly complex geological history, including tectonic fracturing and mountainous uplift.
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