Alan Stern unleashed his science officers with new images and new science, and the first to drop were the highest resolution color pics of Pluto and Charon yet.
Each shows some pretty cool stuff. For Pluto, the biggest revelation is that the big heart is actually two different colors. Those colors (exaggerated for contrast) indicate different geologic, tectonic, or morphologic origins. And the rest of the visible world is a mosaic of patina. “Some regions are relatively ancient, and other places are very young and currently undergoing geologic evolution,” said Jeff Moore, the New Horizons team scientist from NASA Ames who presented the images.
via Wired
Image: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI
