The first photo of the surface of Pluto

NASA showed the first detailed photograph of the surface of Pluto. It was made by the New Horizons interplanetary station one and a half hours before the maximum rapprochement with the dwarf planet - from a distance of about 77 thousand kilometers. The photograph captures the area of ​​Pluto's equator. According to the researchers, these are the youngest mountains that they have seen in the solar system. They are about 100 million years old, that is, less than the Himalayas on Earth.

In addition, NASA has published the most high -quality photograph of Haron, a satellite of Pluto.