New Horizons nearing Yuggoth ehm Pluto

[Proteus_MST]

First pics are there ...
mountains of ice

Spoiler:

http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/from-mountains-to-moons-multiple-discoveries-from-nasa-s-new-horizons-pluto-mission

A great view of Charon that has less impact craters than expected

Spoiler:

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/charon-s-surprising-youthful-and-varied-terrain

And they even managed to get a pic of Hydra (although with a rather low res

Spoiler:

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/hydra-emerges-from-the-shadows

And those are just 3 of 1200 pics that were shot by NH

[The Mad Monk]

Kris Straub @krisstraub Jul 11

we have to destroy pluto
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[Proteus_MST]

That´s fitting ... we now know that Pluto is home of Cthulhu and the Balrog

Spoiler:

NASA also presented a new pic of the frozen plains at Plutos Heart

Spoiler:

http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-new-horizons-discovers-frozen-plains-in-the-heart-of-pluto-s-heart

And Nix

Spoiler:

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/homing-in-on-nix-plutos-small-satellite

Also it is now known that Plutos Heart hast a lot of Carbon Monoxide

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/frozen-carbon-monoxide-in-pluto-s-heart

[pchang]

Ironically, the really important stuff probably won't be known for another year or so.....

[BlackCat]

While waiting, here's something interresting to read/watch : http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/DSCOVR/index.html

[BlackCat]

Found something more interesting :

[BlackCat]

New pics have arrived :

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/images/index.html