Mountains of Pluto

Credit: NASA/Corbis/The Guardian

Ice mountains — 11,000 feet (3350 metres) tall in the image above — rising above plains of frozen methane & nitrogen in the most detailed images so far, from NASA’s New Horizons.

No impact craters in any of the photographs so far seen. This indicates a surface which has recently been formed — & a geologically active planet.

New Horizons is now more than a million miles past Pluto & moving towards the Kuiper Belt.

http://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2015/jul/15/nasa-pluto-new-horizon-photos-discoveries

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-16/nasa-releases-new--images-of-pluto/6623136 / New Horizons mission Pluto NASA’s most recent revelations the edge of our solar system first ever close-up of Pluto’s surface young icy mountain range ascends 11,000ft evidence water ice no impact craters lead scientist Alan Stern surprising diversity of activity on Pluto first high resolution image of Charon dwarf planet’s largest moon orbital partner active world cliffs run hundreds of miles across canyons four to six miles deep early data planetary activity radioactive heat internal ocean energy stored during formation causes for the activity small distant worlds scientists Plutonian geology researcher John Spencer Pluto has so much diversity Cathy Olkin Stern Spencer Olkin Nasa briefing data New Horizons, now more than a million miles past Pluto and voyaging out into the Kuiper Belt at the edge of our solar system transmit data about Pluto Charon next 16 months atmosphere water ice volatiles category of active chemicals puzzle Dwayne Brown NASA headquarters piles of stuff with grooves on it John Spencer erosion mountain building baffling ice mountain range heart region Tombaugh Reggio small mid-size worlds complex active larger worlds Triton solar system most similar to Pluto Plutonian geology Charon moons of Uranus so much data to investigate data other worlds activity worlds tidal heating Pluto has so much diversity /