Flyover animation
NASA releases a flyover animation over part of Tombaugh Regio, the heart-shaped area of Pluto, and the Norgay Montes mountains, which are named for Tenzing Norgay, the sherpa who accompanied Edmund Hillary on the first successful ascent of Mt. Everest. The animation is created from images taken by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on the New Horizons probe during the Pluto flyby on July 14, 2015. Using photographs taken from just 77,000 kilometers (48,000 miles) away from the surface, the resolution is good enough that features as small as a kilometers across (0.5 miles) are visible.
Just amazing how far we’ve come. Hopefully we go further soon.
Wow how beautiful. Pretty wild!
Fantastic job NASA.
Amazing achievement. I have always found NASA inspiring.To me it is one of the great things about the USA, this New Horizons mission is just fantastic, thanks NASA.
Planet Pluto continuing to surprise