New Horizons’ Top 10 Pluto Pics

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New Horizons’ Top 10 Pluto Pics

#1 Post by KurtM » Fri Jul 15, 2016 2:55 pm

Astronomy and microscopy are, or ought to be, closely related to us amateur practitioners, and I know a few of us are indeed "into" both. But whether you are, or are not (yet), trust me, you owe it to yourself to spend a few minutes in wonder at these pictures sent back from so far away.

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizon ... pluto-pics
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Re: New Horizons’ Top 10 Pluto Pics

#2 Post by billbillt » Fri Jul 15, 2016 3:08 pm

Thanks for the link!...

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#3 Post by zzffnn » Fri Jul 15, 2016 4:04 pm

Amazing! Thank you Kurt for sharing.

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#4 Post by McConkey » Thu Jul 21, 2016 4:01 am

I like how the scale is 20miles and here we are looking at 20 μm!
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