Surface of Pluto Captured by NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft - Ice Mountains of Pluto - Space HD

Pluto’s ice mountains, frozen plains and layers of atmospheric haze backlit by a distant sun, as seen by the New Horizons spacecraft 15 minutes after its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015.

Music: Icelandic Arpeggios by DivKid
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

[sym]

I'm into astronomy since I was a little kid and I remember Pluto being just a name. That's amazing! 🙂

[MrDiobanana]

Yuggoth. These beautiful images match incredibly well with how any H.P. Lovecraft nerd would have imagined this little, creepy Planet.

[eyeslj]

I feel like that's a home.. feeling incredible. ❤

[Astronomo_Space]

Beautiful NASA images from Horizon Spacecraft ...

[jalalasif]

Now just imagine if NASA had the budget anywhere close to that of the defence budget - how far we, as a species, could explore and territorialize space!

[manuel.camelo]

THIS IS INCREDIBLE !!!!
Troppo Bello caspiterina 😮

[duccionovelli]

I think the right music for this is Pink Floyd’Interstellar Overdrive.😊

[pagansergio]

Ma scusate l' ignoranza perché non fanno un video o un immagine a colori ma in bianco e nero o a colori sfalsati?

[whoeverF]

very nice. i had no idea there is music on Pluto though

[stefanocorbo]

Come si intitola il brano in sottofondo? Le riprese sono nel visibile o agli infrarossi?

[DigitalEelRich]

This link goes nowhere, btw. Can you please source this? I don't think images--much less video--like this exists. New Horizons was a fast flyby and much too far away to get stuff so close and at those angles.

[nellide]

Ogni volta che vedo questi video soettacolari penso che, il giorno in cui scopriremo di non essere soli nell'universo è sempre piu vicino, e intanto questi mondi desolati potranno evolversi e prendere vita così come è avvenuto qui sul nostro pianeta terra.

[andremafemi]

Looks like Pluto was also hit by a wave of hot plasma (i.e. recurrent nova) which melted some parts of the surface and tension and resulting movement piled up the sheets of ice to mountains. The direct hit area is flat and still looks like a sea.

[underdestroy]

Perché devono sempre modificare ciò che viene pubblicato? Si capisce benissimo che è un'immagine a campo stretto perché la sorgente di luce ha sempre la stessa inclinazione, così come hanno lo stesso angolo le ombre proiettate. Per cui è un'immagine falsatamente curvata per farla apparire come un finto video di sorvolo.

[gianniparrinidj]

Bellissimo video, e sopratutto bellissima la musica.!!

[earlhaines]

Amazing, would of been cool if they were in

[Pi.Sa]

ma questo ghiaccio significa che c'è acqua su plutone?

[ironsword]

How long did it take to get there? And how long does it take to receive the images?

[danyd]

The plain part seems to be a big iced sea!!! And I can see shadow behind the mountains. It seems so strange to me such a quantity of Sun light arriving on Pluto

[rolfyhh.]

How far is it ? And when is the next flight there ? Where can I book ? 😀😀😀