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The Frozen Canyons of Pluto’s North Pole: This ethereal scene captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft tells yet another story of Pluto’s diversity of geological and compositional features – this time in an enhanced color image of the north polar area.
NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute.

Ready to explore Pluto? NASA’s New Horizons — the fastest spacecraft ever created — will speed past Pluto on July 14, 2015, beaming back high resolution photos (and invaluable data) of the dwarf planet’s surface for the first time in human history.

We, the members of the National Space Society, believe exploring the unknown for the betterment of all is among humanity’s most essential pursuits. We honor the historic New Horizons mission by commissioning the inimitable Erik Wernquist to create this video.

NASA’s New Horizons captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Charon just before the spacecraft made its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015. NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

Artist concept of Pluto from one of its moons surface.