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Re:Pluto ‘Wows’ in Spectacular New Backlit Panorama by mikeash on Friday September 18, 2015 @11:58AM (#10239937)
Before this year, I believe this was the best image of Pluto:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto#/media/File:Pluto_animie...

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Re:Pluto ‘Wows’ in Spectacular New Backlit Panorama by asmithmd1 on Friday September 18, 2015 @12:11PM (#10240020)
Here is our best image of Pluto just 3 months ago:

http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nh-...

The image above is from the same camera as the images released today. Taking great pictures is not about the camera but about getting in the right spot at the right time

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Re:Pluto ‘Wows’ in Spectacular New Backlit Panorama by jonknee on Friday September 18, 2015 @12:20PM (#10240062)
> Taking great pictures is not about the camera but about getting in the right spot at the right time

Exactly. It's an amusingly low res camera too, just 1 megapixel. But it's a workhorse!

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