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Old 05-12-2015, 01:09 PM
deanm (Dean)
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New Horizons: New Images

"The New Horizons probe has at last returned some of the super-sharp pictures it took of Pluto during its historic flyby in July".

"The images released by the US space agency on Friday show details on the surface of the dwarf planet at a resolution better than 80m per pixel."

That's pretty amazing resolution considering closest-approach was ~12,500 km!

The Australian continent is around 4000 km West-East...

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35013190
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