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July 12, 2015

Interesting hints of Pluto's geology are revealed in this image taken by the New Horizons spacecraft on July 9, 2015 from a distance of 5.4 million kilometers from here. This annotated version of the image shows a large dark formation known as "The Whale" located on Pluto's equator, with a narrow band and elaborate polygons. In the lower part of the image is a photograph of Pluto, in which the area covered by the camera is highlighted, with the equator and the main longitude marked in bold. Photo: NASA-JHUAPL-SWRI

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