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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-07-06 Pluto New Horizons
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NASA's New Horizons spacecraft obtained these three images of Pluto between July 1-3, 2015, as the spacecraft closed in on its July 14 encounter with the dwarf planet and its moons.
PIA19698:
Three Views of Pluto
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What color is Pluto? The answer, revealed in the first maps made from NASA's New Horizons data, turns out to be shades of reddish brown.
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The 'Other' Red Planet (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-07-03 Pluto New Horizons
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This image was created by NASA New Horizons to reveal color surface features of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon. It was taken between June 23 and June 29, 2015.
PIA19696:
Pluto and Charon Surfaces in Living Color (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-07-03 Pluto New Horizons
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This image of Pluto and its big moon Charon was taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft at 04:15 (UTC) on July 1, 2015, and shows the clearest view yet of the sides of Pluto and Charon.
PIA19694:
A Remarkable World
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-07-01 Pluto New Horizons
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This illustration shows some of the final images used to determine that the coast is clear for NASA's New Horizons' flight through the Pluto system.
PIA19695:
All Clear for New Horizons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-07-01 Charon New Horizons
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This pair of approximately true color images of Pluto and its big moon Charon, taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, highlight the dramatically different appearance of different sides of the dwarf planet, and reveal never-before-seen details.
PIA19693:
Two Faces of Pluto
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-06-22 Pluto New Horizons
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These images from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft show numerous large-scale features on Pluto's surface. When various large, dark and bright regions appear near limbs, they give Pluto a distinct, but false, non-spherical appearance.
PIA19691:
Features on the Close Approach Hemisphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-06-22 Charon New Horizons
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These recent images from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft show the discovery of significant surface details on Pluto's largest moon, Charon.
PIA19690:
A Dark Mystery on Charon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-06-11 Pluto New Horizons
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These images, taken by New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), show four different 'faces' of Pluto as it rotates about its axis with a period of 6.4 days.
PIA19686:
Faces of Pluto
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-06-11 Pluto New Horizons
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This frame from a movie, composed of images taken by NASA's New Horizons, shows Pluto as it rotates about its axis. The images were taken May 28-June 3, 2015, from distances ranging from approximately 56 million kilometers to 48.5 million kilometers.
PIA17807:
Faces of Pluto (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-28 Pluto New Horizons
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This image shows the results of the New Horizons team's first search for potentially hazardous material around Pluto, conducted May 11-12, 2015, from a range of 47 million miles (76 million kilometers).
PIA17806:
So Far, All Clear: New Horizons Team Completes First Search for Pluto System Hazards
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-27 Pluto New Horizons
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This image of Pluto is part of series of New Horizons Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) photos taken May 8-12, 2015; the image at left shows LORRI's view of Pluto just one month earlier.
PIA17805:
More Detail as New Horizons Draws Closer
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-27 Pluto New Horizons
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This image of Pluto is part of series of New Horizons Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) photos taken May 8-12, 2015; the image at left shows LORRI's view of Pluto just one month earlier.
PIA17804:
More Detail as New Horizons Draws Closer
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-27 Pluto New Horizons
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This image of Pluto is part of series of New Horizons Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) photos taken May 8-12, 2015; the image at left shows LORRI's view of Pluto just one month earlier.
PIA17803:
More Detail as New Horizons Draws Closer
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-12 Pluto New Horizons
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The images detecting Kerberos and Styx shown here were taken with NASA's New Horizons' most sensitive camera, the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), from April 25-May 1, 2015.
PIA11774:
That Makes Five
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-02-04 Pluto New Horizons
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Pluto and Charon, the largest of Pluto's five known moons, seen Jan. 25 and 27, 2015, through the telescopic Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.
PIA09265:
A Long-Distance Look from LORRI
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-08-07 Pluto New Horizons
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This frame from an animation of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, was taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft as it raced toward Pluto in July 2014.
PIA11217:
A Moon over Pluto (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-27 Jupiter New Horizons
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NASA's New Horizons had an exciting flyby encounter with Jupiter in early 2007, and the spacecraft has been rapidly moving away from the giant planet ever since.
PIA07934:
LORRI Looks Back
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-27 Neptune New Horizons
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NASA's New Horizons Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) observed Neptune on June 23, apl2010, as part of a test of the critical optical navigation Annual Checkout (ACO)-4.
PIA07433:
In Tune with Neptune
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-27 Pluto New Horizons
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NASA's New Horizons team calibrates the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) by taking pictures of the open star cluster M7.
PIA07141:
Star Treatment
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-24 Pluto New Horizons
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This image demonstrates the first detection of Pluto using the high-resolution mode on the NASA New Horizons Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager. The mode provides a clear separation between Pluto and numerous nearby background stars.
PIA10234:
Pluto in Hi-Def
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-09 Io New Horizons
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This is a montage of New Horizons images of Jupiter and its volcanic moon Io, taken during the spacecraft's Jupiter flyby in early 2007.
PIA10102:
Jupiter-Io Montage
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-09 Io New Horizons
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The Tvashtar plume on Io, seen by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and by New Horizons.
PIA10101:
Tvashtar Montage
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-09 Io New Horizons
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New Horizons took this montage of images of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io, glowing in the dark of Jupiter's shadow, as the Pluto-bound spacecraft sped through the Jupiter system on Feb. 27, 2007.
PIA10100:
Io Eclipse Montage
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-09 Io New Horizons
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A global map of Jupiter's moon Io derived from eight images taken by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on the New Horizons spacecraft, as it passed Jupiter on its way to Pluto in late February 2007.
PIA10099:
Changes on Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-09 Jupiter New Horizons
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Images taken by the New Horizons Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) of Jupiter's night side showed lightning strikes. Each 'strike' is probably the cumulative brightness of multiple strikes.
PIA10096:
Polar Lightning on Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-14 Io New Horizons
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This five-frame sequence of New Horizons images captures the giant plume from Io's Tvashtar volcano. These were snapped by the probe's Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) as the spacecraft flew past Jupiter earlier this year.
PIA09665:
Tvashtar in Motion Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-01 Europa New Horizons
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New Horizons took this image of the icy moon Europa rising above Jupiter's cloud tops with its Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) at 11:48 Universal Time on February 28, 2007, six hours after the spacecraft's closest approach to Jupiter.
PIA09361:
Europa Rising
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-01 Io New Horizons
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New Horizons took this image of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io with its Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) at 15:15 Universal Time on February 28, 2007, nearly 10 hours after the spacecraft's closest approach to Jupiter.
PIA09360:
A "Plumefall" on Io
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Variations in the appearance of the giant plume from the Tvashtar volcano on Jupiter's moon Io are seen in this composite of the best photos taken by the New Horizons Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) during its Jupiter flyby in late February.
PIA09359:
Tvashtar Composite
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-01 Io New Horizons
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This montage demonstrates New Horizons' ability to observe the same target in complementary ways using its diverse suite of instruments.
PIA09358:
Io Through Different 'Eyes'
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Tvashtar Movie
PIA09357:
Tvashtar Movie Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-01 Ganymede New Horizons
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Ganymede in Visible and Infrared Light
PIA09356:
Ganymede in Visible and Infrared Light
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-01 Io New Horizons
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Solid-State Imaging
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Io Surface Changes
PIA09355:
Io Surface Changes
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Io in Eclipse 2
PIA09354:
Io in Eclipse 2
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Io in Eclipse
PIA09353:
Io in Eclipse
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-01 Jupiter New Horizons
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Jupiter's Moons: Family Portrait
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Jupiter's Moons: Family Portrait
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Jupiter's Rings: Sharpest View
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Jupiter's Rings: Sharpest View
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Best Color Image of Jupiter's Little Red Spot
PIA09341:
Best Color Image of Jupiter's Little Red Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-01 Jupiter New Horizons
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Shepherd Moons
PIA09921:
Shepherd Moons Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-09 Callisto New Horizons
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Capturing Callisto
PIA09258:
Capturing Callisto
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Jupiter New Horizons
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LORRI Takes an Even Closer Look at the Little Red Spot
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LORRI Takes an Even Closer Look at the Little Red Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Io New Horizons
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A Brilliant Plume
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A Brilliant Plume
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 J Rings New Horizons
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Jupiter's Rings
PIA09249:
Jupiter's Rings
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Tvashtar's Plume
PIA09248:
Tvashtar's Plume
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The Little Red Spot: Closest View Yet
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The Little Red Spot: Closest View Yet
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Europa New Horizons
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Europa
PIA09246:
Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Ganymede New Horizons
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Ganymede
PIA09245:
Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Io New Horizons
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An Eruption on Io
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An Eruption on Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Jupiter New Horizons
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Full Jupiter Mosaic
PIA09243:
Full Jupiter Mosaic
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A 'Moving' Jupiter Global Map (Animation)
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A 'Moving' Jupiter Global Map (Animation) Animation Icon
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Jupiter Atmospheric Map
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Jupiter Atmospheric Map
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Storms and Moons
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Storms and Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Jupiter New Horizons
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Io and Ganymede
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Io and Ganymede
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Moons around Jupiter
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Moons around Jupiter
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Ganymede's Shadow
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Ganymede's Shadow
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A Day on Jupiter (Animation)
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A Day on Jupiter (Animation) Animation Icon
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On Approach: Jupiter and Io
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On Approach: Jupiter and Io Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Pluto New Horizons
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The Long Range Reconnaissance Imager on NASA New Horizons acquired images of the Pluto field three days apart in late September 2006, in order to see Pluto's motion against a dense background of stars.
PIA09234:
New Horizons Sees Pluto Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Pluto New Horizons
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A white arrow marks Pluto in this NASA New Horizons Long Range Reconnaissance Imager picture taken Sept. 24, 2006. Pluto is little more than a faint point of light among a dense field of stars.
PIA09233:
New Horizons Sees Pluto (Sept. 24)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Pluto New Horizons
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A white arrow marks Pluto in this NASA New Horizons Long Range Reconnaissance Imager picture taken Sept. 21, 2006. Pluto is little more than a faint point of light among a dense field of stars.
PIA09232:
New Horizons Sees Pluto (Sept. 21)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Jupiter New Horizons
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Jupiter Ahoy!
PIA09231:
Jupiter Ahoy!
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