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This enhanced color view from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft zooms in on the southeastern portion of Pluto's great ice plains, where at lower right the plains border rugged, dark highlands informally named Krun Macula.

Pluto Reveals its Mysterious, Dark Pits in Krun Macula

Latest New Horizons observations reveal numerous, dark pits of Krun Macula, showing the complex terrain of Pluto.

This mosaic strip – extending across the hemisphere that faced the New Horizons spacecraft as it flew past Pluto on July 14, 2015 – now includes all of the highest-resolution images taken by the NASA probe

Watch This Strip of Pluto's Amazing, Detailed Surface

This detailed mosaic strip spanning 10 miles in width reveals the changing complex terrain of the mysterious dwarf planet, Pluto.

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