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Closer Look: Majestic Mountains and Frozen Plains
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Just 15 minutes after its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft looked back toward the sun and captured a near-sunset view of the rugged, icy mountains and flat ice plains extending to Pluto's horizon. The smooth expanse of the informally named Sputnik Planum (right) is flanked to the west (left) by rugged mountains up to 11,000 feet (3,500 meters) high, including the informally named Norgay Montes in the foreground and Hillary Montes on the skyline.
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Credit lineCloser Look: Majestic Mountains and Frozen Plains. NASA/JPL, 2015-09-17. Public domain. ID: PIA19947.
