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Pluto image reveals strange slug-like object
"This part of Pluto is acting like a lava lamp," said scientist William McKinnon.
By Brooks Hays | Jan. 11, 2016 at 10:15 AM
Horizons probe. The data -- imagery and measurements collected by the craft's cameras and instruments -- continues to provide new and surprising details about Pluto's varied surface.
The latest surprise is a photo downloaded by NASA scientists late last year. The image offers an intimate view of the dwarf planet's icy plain called the Sputnik Planum.
Home / Science News
Pluto image reveals strange slug-like object
"This part of Pluto is acting like a lava lamp," said scientist William McKinnon.
By Brooks Hays | Jan. 11, 2016 at 10:15 AM
Horizons probe. The data -- imagery and measurements collected by the craft's cameras and instruments -- continues to provide new and surprising details about Pluto's varied surface.
The latest surprise is a photo downloaded by NASA scientists late last year. The image offers an intimate view of the dwarf planet's icy plain called the Sputnik Planum.
An exposed rock on the dimpled, icy plain recalls a giant slug.
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