Blushing Pluto? Dwarf planet takes on a ruddier hue: NASA

AFP ^ | Feb 4, 2010 | Unknown

[decimon]

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Pluto, the dwarf planet on the outer edge of our solar system, has a dramatically ruddier hue than it did just a few years ago, NASA scientists said Thursday, after examining photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

They said the distant orb appears mottled and molasses-colored in recent pictures, with a markedly redder tone that most likely is the result of surface ice melting on Pluto's sunlit pole and then refreezing on the other pole.

The remarkable color shift, which apparently took place between 2000 and 2002, confirms that Pluto is a dynamic world undergoing dramatic atmospheric changes and not simply a ball of ice and rock, according to scientists at the US space agency.

[backwoods-engineer]

There is NO WAY ice is melting on Pluto. Maybe OXYGEN ice or something, but not WATER ice.

These scientific inaccuracies make you wonder if the media ever gets ANYTHING right.

[ConfidentConservative]

http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Pluto

[late bloomer]

No, I am not disassociating, I am if anything convergent.
My god man! Hillary's pant suit is a dead giveaway.