Pluto's Heart (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Pluto's Heart

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Global view of Pluto reconstructed from images made during the July 14, 2015 flyby of the dwarf planet. The pristine "heart," to the lower right, so unlike the features of other icy planets, begs for explanation.

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NASA/ Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute

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