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Image: Nh-pluto crop

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Description: This high-resolution image captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft combines blue, red and infrared images taken by the Ralph/Multispectral Visual Imaging Camera (MVIC). The bright expanse is the western lobe of the “heart,” informally called Sputnik Planum, which has been found to be rich in nitrogen, carbon monoxide and methane ices.
Title: Nh-pluto crop
Credit: http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nh-pluto_crop.jpg.png / http://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizons-publishes-first-research-paper-in-science-describing-numerous-pluto-system
Author: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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