A new series of high resolution images from NASA's New Horizons probe reveals one of the best views of Pluto's complex terrain and surface features yet.

This newest mosaic strip was taken during its last flyby last July 2015, as the New Horizons spacecraft scanned the entire Pluto hemisphere, with a resolution of 260 feet per pixel, providing unprecedented views of the incredible, changing terrain on the dwarf planet.

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According to New Horizons principal investigator, Alan Stern, who is also from the Southwest Research Institute in Colorado, this new image is just magnetic, which resulted from the epic mission last year that gathered for the first time, the highest resolution ever, showing sprawling views across the surface.

This newest view of the alien world's surface reveals from the "limb" of Pluto beginning for the top part of the strip to the southeastern region of the point of encounter in the hemisphere, showing the "terminator" line, dividing day and night.

This mosaic strip's width ranges from 90 kilometers from the northern region to 75 kilometers at its most southern point.

After this epic flyby, New Horizons is now heading towards its new target object in the Kuiper Belt region, which is about a million miles away from Pluto. This next target is known as 1994 JR1 which is 145 kilometers wide, that has been orbiting around the sun at a distance of 5 billion kilometers away.

New images obtained from this new icy object last November 2015 are the closest ever views of any Kuiper Belt object, which was detected some 280 million kilometers away.

According to Simon Porter from the Southwest Research Institute in Colorado, by combining data from November 2015 and April 2016 observations, they were able to pinpoint the location of JR1 within 1,000 kilometers, which is more improved than any small Kuiper Belt object, which debunks the prior theory that JR1 is a quasi-satellite of Pluto.

Apart from its location, the team also determined its rotation period, resulting in 5.4 hours per day on JR1. Other new targets for New Horizons to explore are 20 more ancient planetary bodies in the following years.

New Horizons is expected to arrive on another Kuiper Belt object known as 2014 MU69, for a super closeup flyby similar to Pluto's by January 1, 2019.

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