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A black and white image of Pluto taken by the New Horizons probe. The photo is about 2.5 times as wide as it is tall, and is spanned by the illuminated curve of the planet. Mountains and other features are visible as the surface.

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A black and white image of Pluto taken by the New Horizons probe. The photo is about 2.5 times as wide as it is tall, and is spanned by the illuminated curve of the planet. Mountains and other features are visible as the surface.
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Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Mar-2023 14:43:03 UTC Robert McNees

Clyde Tombaugh's discovery of Pluto was announced #OTD in 1930. Here it is dashing across his photographic plates, alongside an image taken just after closest approach by NASA's New Horizons probe in July 2015.
Images: Lowell Observatory/National Geographic (July 1939); NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

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