New Horizons to flyby Pluto this year

Brian thanks for the pics!
It's amazing to see so much structure, there appear to be dunes?
This is very strange as I would think you would need winds for this.
Just how thick is Pluto's atmosphere if any?
Plus being on the edge of deep space how would it get enough energy from the sun to fuel them???
All in all pretty mind blowing pictures!
 
That's exactly what the scientist are scratching their collective heads about. The atmosphere simply shouldn't be enough for winds to move particles sufficiently to create dunes.

I could have sworn I'd already posted to this thread to thank Brian for remembering about the resumption of images. It had completely slipped my mind!
 
More pics from Pluto coming through:
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20150917

including this stunning one of ice mountains:

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The clear glaciation in these two images is incredible and very obvious:
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@Brian Turner did you look at the full crescent image that that image of yours is taken from? I think the area to the left of that image is even more bizarre. It looks almost like clouds but, obviously, I'm aware it isn't.

These are some incredible images we're getting now.
 
Not as dense as what I was looking at in that image though. I don't think there is enough atmosphere density for what we would call clouds. Certainly with regard to those images they only talk about some 'fog or near-surface haze' which is visible in the main picture that Brian's is taken from; just below and to the right of Brian's clip. There, right on the terminator, the shadows of the hills can be seen in that haze.
 
Every time I see something like these photos I'm left to wonder what other wonders we have yet to experience.
 
Yeah Vertigo, clouds was my immediate first reaction. Then my brain kicked in. Truly wonderful images. As a kid I thought by now we would be walking on other planets, far, far away. The realities have proved to be different. Even so, these images give me some small hope for the future.
 
It's also very frustrating; I see those images and I just want to go visit. Maybe climb some of those ice mountains! :D
 
And do a little skiing? Vertigo comes a cropper on Pluto. I'd pay real money to see that. :sneaky:
 
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