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Keywords: eclipse, Charon, Pluto
![Плато Спутник против пятна Крун](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2016/06/18/0001364502/KrunMaculaNewHorizons1024c.preview.jpg)
18.06.2016
Pluto's pitted plains meet rugged highlands in this stunning view. On the left lies a southeastern extent of the bright region still informally known as Sputnik Planum. At right the edge of a dark region, informally Krun Macula, rises some 2.5 kilometers above the icy plains.
![Плутон: от гор к равнинам](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/12/14/0001350887/PlutoCloseUp_NewHorizons_1080.preview.jpg)
14.12.2015
What do the sharpest views ever of Pluto show? As the robotic New Horizons spacecraft moves into the outer Solar System, it is now sending back some of the highest resolution images from its historic encounter with Pluto in July. Featured here is one recently-received, high-resolution image.
![Последний взгляд на Плутон со стороны Харона](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/07/14/0001338692/Pluto03_NewHorizons_960.preview.jpg)
13.07.2015
Pluto surface is strange. As the robotic New Horizons barrels toward its closest approach to Pluto and its moons tomorrow, images already coming back show Pluto's surface to be curiouser and curiouser. The featured image, taken two days ago, shows the side of Pluto that always faces Pluto's largest moon Charon.
![На Плутоне открыты необычные ямы](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/11/25/0001349126/PlutoPits_NewHorizons_960.preview.jpg)
25.11.2015
Why are there unusual pits on Pluto? The indentations were discovered during the New Horizons spacecraft's flyby of the dwarf planet in July. The largest pits span a kilometer across and dip tens...
![Разноцветный Плутон](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/08/31/0001342046/PlutoEnhanced_NewHorizons_960.preview.jpg)
31.08.2015
Pluto is more colorful than we can see. Color data and images of our Solar System's most famous dwarf planet, taken by the robotic New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby in July, have been digitally combined to give an enhanced view of this ancient world sporting an unexpectedly young surface.
![Вид на Плутон над областью Ктулху](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/09/14/0001343283/pluto05_NewHorizons_960.preview.jpg)
14.09.2015
New high resolution images of Pluto are starting to arrive from the outer Solar System. The robotic New Horizons spacecraft, which zoomed by Pluto in July, has finished sending back some needed engineering data and is now transmitting selections from its tremendous storehouse of images of Pluto and its moons.
![Пролёт мимо Плутона](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/10/06/0001345123/pluto_flyby.preview.png)
6.10.2015
What would it look like to fly past Pluto? The robotic New Horizons spacecraft did just this in late July and continues to return stunning pictures of the dwarf planet. Some well-chosen flyby images have now been digitally sequenced to create the featured video.
![Харон - спутник Плутона](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/10/02/0001344777/Charon-Neutral-Bright-Release1024c.preview.jpg)
2.10.2015
A darkened and mysterious north polar region informally known as Mordor Macula caps this premier high-resolution portrait of Charon, Pluto's largest moon. Captured by New Horizons near its closest approach on July 14, the image data was transmitted to Earth on September 21.
![Гора Райт в цвете](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2016/01/15/0001353712/01142016_WrightMonsVolcano_Context1024c.preview.jpg)
15.01.2016
Informally named Wright Mons, a broad mountain about 150 kilometers across and 4 kilometers high with a wide, deep summit depression is featured in this inset image captured during the New Horizons flyby of Pluto in July 2015.
![Пластинчатый рельеф на Плутоне: трехмерный вид](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2016/04/02/0001359802/nh-pluto_bladed_stereo.preview.jpg)
2.04.2016
Get out your red/blue glasses and gaze across a mountainous region informally known as Tartarus Dorsa. This scene sprawls some 300 kilometers (about 180 miles) across the Plutonian landscape. The color anaglyph creates...
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