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"Pluto's Heart"

In the center of the image, to the left of Pluto's huge route that resembles a heart shape, lies the Tombo area (named after Pluto's discoverer). It is a vast craterless plain that appears to be at most a hundred million years old and may still be shaped by geological processes. This icy region north of Pluto's ice mountains has been named the Sputnik Plain in honor of the first artificial satellite. The surface appears divided into irregular shaped segments surrounded by narrow rings. In addition, there are groups of mounds and fields of small pits in this area. This image was taken by the LORRI camera on July 14 from a distance of 77,000 kilometers. Details smaller than a kilometer can be seen. Some of my areas look raw due to the image compression. Photo: NASA / JHUAPL / SwRI

New Horizons photographed the frozen plains inside the "heart" of Pluto

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