• Disk view of Pluto with false colors to emphasise the different topographies of the planet. A heart shape is visible on the lower right quadrant.
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    Mission scientists combined four images from New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) with color data from the Ralph instrument to create this enhanced color global view of Pluto. Enhanced color images help us to detect differences in the composition and texture of the dwarf planet’s surface.

  • Disk view of Pluto with false colors to emphasise the different topographies of the planet. A heart shape is visible on the lower right quadrant.

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