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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).
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Title: CHARON
Caption: 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).
Category: Astronomy & Space
Credit: Album / Science Source / NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
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Image size: 2700 × 2700 px | 20.9 MB
Print size: 22.9 × 22.9 cm | 1063.0 × 1063.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 2015 • ASTRONOMIA • ASTRONOMICAL OBJECT • ASTRONOMICAL • ASTRONOMY & SPACE • ASTRONOMY • CELESTIAL BODY • CELESTIAL OBJECT • CHARON • CHARON, GREEK MYTH • CLOSE UP • CLOSE-UP • CLOSEUP • DEEP SKY • DEEP SPACE • DWARF PLANET • FOREGROUND • HEAVENLY BODY • LUNA • MOON • NASA MISSION • NASA • NEW HORIZONS MISSION • NEW HORIZONS • OUTERSPACE • PLANET • PLANETS • PLUTO'S MOON • PLUTO • SCIENCE • SKY • SOLAR SYSTEM • SPACE (COSMOS) • SPACE EXPLORATION • SPACE • SPATIAL • SURFACE • UNIVERSE