Along the left, the nighttime side shows the shadowy silhouettes of Pluto`s rugged plateaus. On the right, sunlight reveals 11,000-foot mountains bordering the icy plains of Sputnik Planum, inside the famous "heart" of Pluto.
Taken from 11,000 miles away, the image shows a halo of of haze in the atmosphere. More than one dozen layers surround the dwarf planet at altitudes of 60 miles or more.
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