NASA scientists' digital elevation models of Pluto and Charon / photo via NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI/LPI
Artist's drawing of the NASA spacecraft New Horizons exploring Pluto and its moon Charon / photo via NASA/New Horizons
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Photogallery - Pluto's regal mountains and frosty plains shown in soaring NASA movies

NASA's digital elevation models sculpt the elevations of the dwarf planet Pluto's and its moon Charon's surfaces. Blue is the lowest elevation and white the highest. Pluto and Charon data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, shown in space above Pluto as an artist's rendering.

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