NASA Releases First Low-Resolution Color Movies From Pluto Mission
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NASA has published the first color movies of Pluto and its moon Charon from the New Horizons mission.
NASA has published the first color movies of Pluto and its moon Charon from the New Horizons mission.
New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern noted, “It’s exciting to see Pluto and Charon in motion and in color...Even at this low resolution, we can see that Pluto and Charon have different colors—Pluto is beige-orange, while Charon is grey. Exactly why they are so different is the subject of debate.”
The near-true color movies were created using images that were taken from May 29 to June 3 over 30 million miles away.
The first movie is "pluto-centric" with Charon moving whi
NASA has published the first color movies of Pluto and its moon Charon from the New Horizons mission.
New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern noted, “It’s exciting to see Pluto and Charon in motion and in color...Even at this low resolution, we can see that Pluto and Charon have different colors—Pluto is beige-orange, while Charon is grey. Exactly why they are so different is the subject of debate.”
The near-true color movies were created using images that were taken from May 29 to June 3 over 30 million miles away.
The first movie is "pluto-centric" with Charon moving whi