Pluto’s ‘Halo’ Craters0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 21, 2016
Within Pluto’s informally named Vega Terra region is a field of eye-catching craters that looks like a cluster of bright halos scattered across a dark landscape.
Within Pluto’s informally named Vega Terra region is a field of eye-catching craters that looks like a cluster of bright halos scattered across a dark landscape.
Mission scientists have discovered that the layers of haze in Pluto’s nitrogen atmosphere vary in brightness depending on illumination and viewpoint.
Pluto’s unusual spider-like feature consists of at least six extensional fractures that converge to a point.