Image: Charon-Neutral-Bright-Release
Description: Charon seen from New Horizons, July 14, 2015. http://www.nasa.gov/feature/pluto-s-big-moon-charon-reveals-a-colorful-and-violent-history Pluto's moon Charon Charon in Enhanced Color NASA's New Horizons captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Charon just before closest approach on July 14, 2015. The image combines blue, red and infrared images taken by the spacecraft’s Ralph/Multispectral Visual Imaging Camera (MVIC); the colors are processed to best highlight the variation of surface properties across Charon. Charon’s color palette is not as diverse as Pluto’s; most striking is the reddish north (top) polar region, informally named Mordor Macula. Charon is 754 miles (1,214 kilometers) across; this image resolves details as small as 1.8 miles (2.9 kilometers).
Title: Charon-Neutral-Bright-Release
Credit: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Multimedia/Science-Photos/image.php?gallery_id=2&image_id=323 (see also http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19968)
Author: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
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