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July 13, 2015

New Horizons' latest look at the side of Pluto facing Charon reveals interesting geological details of interest to mission scientists. The images taken on the morning of July 11th show straight formations that are the first time they have been seen above the equatorial region, in the form of interlocking polygons. The image was taken when the spacecraft was 4 million kilometers away from Pluto. Photo: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI

New Horizons approaches Pluto - photographed the enigmatic dark spots

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The New Horizons spacecraft against the background of the planet Pluto. Image: NASA

A historic meeting

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