{"id":11443,"date":"2015-09-24T16:37:29","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T20:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11443"},"modified":"2015-09-24T16:37:29","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T20:37:29","slug":"new-horizons-flyover-videos-new-images-show-snakeskin-terrain-and-other-oddities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11443","title":{"rendered":"New Horizons: Flyover videos + New images show &#8220;Snakeskin&#8221; terrain and other oddities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More images and videos of Pluto:<\/p>\n<p>* <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/space\/a17400\/tombaugh-regio-flyover-pluto\/\" target=\"_d\">This is What a Flyover of Pluto&#8217;s Heart-Shaped Region Would Look Like<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.romantkachenko.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Roman Tkachenko<\/a>\u00a0adds a new Pluto fly-over animation to his collection of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC4QskJGkMLGHily1CaSeskw\/videos\" target=\"_d\">New Horizons videos<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J3h7i8QQvXc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/pluto\/2015\/09\/18\/art-meets-science-in-new-pluto-aerial-tour\/\" target=\"_d\">Art Meets Science in New Pluto Aerial Tour &#8211; Pluto New Horizons<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The latest images (as of Sept. 11, 2015) downloaded from NASA&#8217;s New Horizons spacecraft were stitched together and rendered on a sphere to make this flyover. This animation, made with the LORRI (Long Range Reconnaissance Imager) images, begins with a low-altitude look at the informally named Norgay Montes, flies northward over the boundary between informally named Sputnik Planum and Cthulhu Regio, turns, and drifts slowly east. During the animation, the altitude of the observer rises until it is about 10 times higher to show about 80% of the hemisphere New Horizons flew closest to on July 14, 2015. \u00a0Credit: NASA\/JHUAPL\/SwRI, Stuart Robbins<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wgl9jJUzITg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* A new set of photos released today:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/perplexing-pluto-new-snakeskin-image-and-more-from-new-horizons\" target=\"_d\">Perplexing Pluto: New \u2018Snakeskin\u2019 Image and More from New Horizons<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The newest high-resolution images of Pluto from NASA\u2019s New Horizons are both dazzling and mystifying, revealing a multitude of previously unseen topographic and compositional details. The image below\u00a0&#8212; showing an area near the line that separates day from night &#8212; captures a vast rippling landscape of strange, aligned linear ridges that has astonished New Horizons team members.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_11444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11444\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/snakeskin_detail1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11444\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=11444\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/snakeskin_detail1.png\" data-orig-size=\"1558,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"snakeskin_detail[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/snakeskin_detail1-1024x631.png\" class=\"wp-image-11444 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/snakeskin_detail1-1024x631.png\" alt=\"snakeskin_detail[1]\" width=\"520\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/snakeskin_detail1-1024x631.png 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/snakeskin_detail1-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/snakeskin_detail1.png 1558w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this extended color image of Pluto taken by NASA\u2019s New Horizons spacecraft, rounded and bizarrely textured mountains, informally named the Tartarus Dorsa, rise up along Pluto\u2019s day-night terminator and show intricate but puzzling patterns of blue-gray ridges and reddish material in between. This view, roughly 330 miles (530 kilometers) across, combines blue, red and infrared images taken by the Ralph\/Multispectral Visual Imaging Camera (MVIC) on July 14, 2015, and resolves details and colors on scales as small as 0.8 miles (1.3 kilometers). Credits: NASA\/JHUAPL\/SWRI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\u201cIt\u2019s a unique and perplexing landscape stretching over hundreds of miles,\u201d said William McKinnon, New Horizons Geology, Geophysics and Imaging (GGI) team deputy lead from Washington University in St. Louis. \u201cIt looks more like tree bark or dragon scales than geology. This\u2019ll really take time to figure out; maybe it\u2019s some combination of internal tectonic forces and ice sublimation driven by Pluto\u2019s faint sunlight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201csnakeskin\u201d image of Pluto\u2019s surface is just one tantalizing piece of data New Horizons sent back in recent days. The spacecraft also captured the highest-resolution color view yet of Pluto, as well as detailed spectral maps and other high-resolution images.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_11445\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11445\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pmap_pmc195_8092-shenk1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11445\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=11445\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pmap_pmc195_8092-shenk1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"985,493\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pmap_pmc195_8092-shenk[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pmap_pmc195_8092-shenk1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-11445\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pmap_pmc195_8092-shenk1.jpg\" alt=\"pmap_pmc195_8092-shenk[1]\" width=\"520\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pmap_pmc195_8092-shenk1.jpg 985w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pmap_pmc195_8092-shenk1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This cylindrical projection map of Pluto, in enhanced, extended color, is the most detailed color map of Pluto ever made. It uses recently returned color imagery from the New Horizons Ralph camera, which is draped onto a base map of images from the NASA\u2019s spacecraft\u2019s Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI). The map can be zoomed in to reveal exquisite detail with high scientific value. Color variations have been enhanced to bring out subtle differences. Colors used in this map are the blue, red, and near-infrared filter channels of the Ralph instrument. Credits: NASA\/JHUAPL\/SWRI<\/figcaption><\/figure>The new \u201cextended color\u201d view of Pluto \u2013 taken by New Horizons\u2019 wide-angle Ralph\/Multispectral Visual Imaging Camera (MVIC) on July 14 and downlinked to Earth on Sept. 19 \u2013 shows the extraordinarily rich color palette of Pluto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe used MVIC\u2019s infrared channel to extend our spectral view of Pluto,\u201d said John Spencer, a GGI deputy lead from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in Boulder, Colorado. \u201cPluto\u2019s surface colors were enhanced in this view to reveal subtle details in a rainbow of pale blues, yellows, oranges, and deep reds. Many landforms have their own distinct colors, telling a wonderfully complex geological and climatological story that we have only just begun to decode.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_11446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11446\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lorri_rider1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11446\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=11446\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lorri_rider1.png\" data-orig-size=\"985,265\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lorri_rider[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lorri_rider1.png\" class=\"wp-image-11446\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lorri_rider1.png\" alt=\"lorri_rider[1]\" width=\"520\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lorri_rider1.png 985w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/lorri_rider1-300x81.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">High-resolution images of Pluto taken by NASA\u2019s New Horizons spacecraft just before closest approach on July 14, 2015, reveal features as small as 270 yards (250 meters) across, from craters to faulted mountain blocks, to the textured surface of the vast basin informally called Sputnik Planum. Enhanced color has been added from the global color image. This image is about 330 miles (530 kilometers) across. For optimal viewing, zoom in on the image on a larger screen. Credits: NASA\/JHUAPL\/SWRI<\/figcaption><\/figure>Additionally, a high-resolution swath across Pluto taken by New Horizons\u2019 narrow-angle Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on July 14, and downlinked on Sept. 20, homes in on details of Pluto\u2019s geology. These images &#8212; the highest-resolution yet available of Pluto &#8212; reveal features that resemble dunes, the older shoreline of a shrinking glacial ice lake, and fractured, angular water ice mountains with sheer cliffs. Color details have been added using MVIC\u2019s global map shown above.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_11447\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11447\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/detail_lorri_rider1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11447\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=11447\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/detail_lorri_rider1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"985,916\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"detail_lorri_rider[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/detail_lorri_rider1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-11447\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/detail_lorri_rider1.jpg\" alt=\"detail_lorri_rider[1]\" width=\"520\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/detail_lorri_rider1.jpg 985w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/detail_lorri_rider1-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">High-resolution images of Pluto taken by NASA\u2019s New Horizons spacecraft just before closest approach on July 14, 2015, are the sharpest images to date of Pluto\u2019s varied terrain\u2014revealing details down to scales of 270 meters. In this 75-mile (120-kilometer) section of the taken from the larger, high-resolution mosaic above, the textured surface of the plain surrounds two isolated ice mountains. Credits: NASA\/JHUAPL\/SWRI<\/figcaption><\/figure>This closer look at the smooth, bright surface of the informally named Sputnik\u00a0Planum\u00a0shows that it is actually pockmarked by dense patterns of pits, low ridges and scalloped terrain. Dunes of bright volatile ice particles are a possible explanation, mission scientists say, but the ices of Sputnik may be especially susceptible to sublimation and formation of such corrugated ground.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_11448\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11448\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/new_methane_maps-lrg1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11448\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=11448\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/new_methane_maps-lrg1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"985,493\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"new_methane_maps-lrg[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/new_methane_maps-lrg1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-11448\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/new_methane_maps-lrg1.jpg\" alt=\"new_methane_maps-lrg[1]\" width=\"520\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/new_methane_maps-lrg1.jpg 985w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/new_methane_maps-lrg1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ralph\/LEISA infrared spectrometer on NASA\u2019s New Horizons spacecraft mapped compositions across Pluto\u2019s surface as it flew by on July 14. On the left, a map of methane ice abundance shows striking regional differences, with stronger methane absorption indicated by the brighter purple colors here, and lower abundances shown in black. Data have only been received so far for the left half of Pluto\u2019s disk. At right, the methane map is merged with higher-resolution images from the spacecraft\u2019s Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI). Credits: NASA\/JHUAPL\/SWRI<\/figcaption><\/figure>Beyond the new images, new compositional information comes from a just-obtained map of methane ice across part of Pluto&#8217;s surface that reveals striking contrasts: Sputnik\u00a0Planum\u00a0has abundant methane, while the region informally\u00a0named\u00a0Cthulhu\u00a0Regio\u00a0shows none, aside from a few isolated ridges and crater rims. Mountains along the west flank of Sputnik lack methane as well.<\/p>\n<p>The distribution of methane across the surface is anything but simple, with higher concentrations on bright plains and crater rims, but usually none in the centers of craters or darker regions.\u00a0 Outside of Sputnik Planum, methane ice appears to favor brighter areas, but scientists aren\u2019t sure if that\u2019s because methane is more likely to condense there or that its condensation brightens those regions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s like the classic chicken-or-egg problem,\u201d said Will Grundy, New Horizons surface composition team lead from Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. \u201cWe\u2019re unsure why this is so, but the cool thing is that New Horizons has the ability to make exquisite compositional maps across the surface of Pluto, and that\u2019ll be crucial to resolving how enigmatic Pluto works.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith these\u00a0just-downlinked\u00a0images and maps, we\u2019ve turned a new page in the study of Pluto beginning to reveal the planet at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/thumbnails\/image\/crop_p_color2_enhanced_release.png\" target=\"_blank\">high resolution<\/a> in both color and composition,\u201d added New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern, of\u00a0SwRI. \u201cI wish Pluto\u2019s discoverer Clyde\u00a0Tombaugh\u00a0had lived to see this day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More images and videos of Pluto: * This is What a Flyover of Pluto&#8217;s Heart-Shaped Region Would Look Like\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0Roman Tkachenko\u00a0adds a new Pluto fly-over animation to his collection of\u00a0New Horizons videos\u00a0&#8211; * Art Meets Science in New Pluto Aerial Tour &#8211; Pluto New Horizons The latest images (as of Sept. 11, 2015) downloaded from NASA&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11443\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Horizons: Flyover videos + New images show &#8220;Snakeskin&#8221; terrain and other oddities<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pluto"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2Yz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14629,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14629","url_meta":{"origin":11443,"position":0},"title":"Video: Fly over Pluto and its largest moon Charon","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Created from imagery and elevation data from the New Horizon probe's fly-by of the Pluto system in July of 2015, the videos below show what it would look like to fly low over Pluto and\u00a0\u00a0its biggest moon Charon: NASA Video Soars over Pluto\u2019s Majestic Mountains and Icy Plains https:\/\/youtu.be\/g1fPhhTT2Oo In\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Pluto and beyond&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Pluto and beyond","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=97"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/g1fPhhTT2Oo\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11002,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11002","url_meta":{"origin":11443,"position":1},"title":"New Horizons: Fly-over video + Charon&#8217;s mountain in a moat + Young and frozen plains","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The New Horizons mission released the following video today: This simulated flyover of Pluto\u2019s Norgay Montes (Norgay Mountains) and Sputnik Planum (Sputnik Plain) was created from New Horizons closest-approach images. 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