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Re:Pluto ‘Wows’ in Spectacular New Backlit Panorama by noja on Friday September 18, 2015 @07:07AM (#10238472)
It's a first-of-a-kind high quality photo of a planet which we have never seen before!

(What would be exciting for you, out of interest?)

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Re:Pluto ‘Wows’ in Spectacular New Backlit Panorama by TheOtherHobbes on Friday September 18, 2015 @10:34AM (#10239410)
It's the first-of-a-kind photo from a probe which flew across most of the solar system and skimmed the target at a range of 7,750 miles while travelling at nearly 31,000 mph.

And sent back images using about the same ambient light as a slightly cloudy evening on Earth.

With no motion blur.

That's not just exciting - it's an amazing feat of engineering.

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