A research scientist has created a simulated flyover of Pluto, giving you an idea of what it’s like to fly through the atmosphere of the once mysterious dwarf planet at low altitude.
The ariel visualization was created by rendering a mosaic of images captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft and the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager on a sphere. The mosaic of the dwarf planet was stitched together by the NASA New Horizons team.
The flyover begins with the mountains region informally named Norgay Montes at a height of about 120 miles (200 kilometers) and heads up north over Sputnik Planum and Cthulhu Regio. The simulation ascends to a height of about 150 miles (240 kilometers) as it turns to the east and finally rises to more than 1,500 miles (2,500 kilometers).
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The ariel visualization was created by rendering a mosaic of images captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft and the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager on a sphere. The mosaic of the dwarf planet was stitched together by the NASA New Horizons team.
The flyover begins with the mountains region informally named Norgay Montes at a height of about 120 miles (200 kilometers) and heads up north over Sputnik Planum and Cthulhu Regio. The simulation ascends to a height of about 150 miles (240 kilometers) as it turns to the east and finally rises to more than 1,500 miles (2,500 kilometers).
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