Tantalizing signs of geology on Pluto are revealed in this image from New Horizons taken on July 9, 2015 from 3.3 million miles (5.4 million km) away. This annotated version shows the large dark feature nicknamed “the whale” that straddles Pluto’s equator, a swirly band and a curious polygonal outline. At lower is a reference globe showing Pluto’s orientation in the image, with the equator and central meridian in bold. Credit: NASA-JHUAPL-SWRI 1 posted on
07/11/2015 8:20:46 AM PDT by
BenLurkin
To: SunkenCiv
2 posted on
07/11/2015 8:21:02 AM PDT by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
3 posted on
07/11/2015 8:23:46 AM PDT by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: BenLurkin
I am waiting to hear what Richard C. Hoagland has to say...
4 posted on
07/11/2015 8:27:08 AM PDT by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: BenLurkin
Still slightly blurry. Will there be sharper images?
5 posted on
07/11/2015 8:29:56 AM PDT by
SkyDancer
( "Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
To: BenLurkin
6 posted on
07/11/2015 8:30:27 AM PDT by
samtheman
(Trump/Cruz '16)
To: BenLurkin
10 posted on
07/11/2015 8:53:01 AM PDT by
DannyTN
To: BenLurkin
I had never expected such complex geological features. Are they artifacts of a huge collision or a mix of different events? This is really exciting.
11 posted on
07/11/2015 8:57:51 AM PDT by
JimSEA
To: BenLurkin
Looks like a company logo and a slogan (in an alien language).
What if it turns out it reads:
SENTIENCE-SEEDING CORPORATION... “Creating Sentient Life On Viable Planets Since 182,281.45 Solar Cycles!”
12 posted on
07/11/2015 9:04:47 AM PDT by
Lazamataz
(NoNOnoNoNoNOnoNoNoNOnoNoNoNOnoNoNoNOnoNoNoNOnoNoNoNOnoNoNoNOnoNoNoNOnoNoNoNOnoNoNoNOnoNoNoNOnoNoNoNO)
To: BenLurkin
The article doesn’t seem to mention the distance from Earth to Pluto. I looked it up and it’s roughly 3 BILLION miles. That’s just over 2 light-HOURS away (light travels at 186,000 miles/sec).
15 posted on
07/11/2015 9:21:45 AM PDT by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: BenLurkin
Pluto looks like it was rode hard and put away wet, much like Hillary Clinton.
16 posted on
07/11/2015 9:23:22 AM PDT by
Kickass Conservative
(I know I left my Tagline around here somewhere...)
To: BenLurkin
Looks like an old golf ball fished out of a pond....Most likely a Titleist.
To: BenLurkin
early explorers who shoved off in wooden shipsVery free, and easy.
25 posted on
07/11/2015 10:47:51 AM PDT by
MUDDOG
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