NASA Releases New Horizons' Most Detailed Images of Pluto

Updated 12.6.15, 12:12 PM EST by Jolene Creighton

This movie is composed of the sharpest views of Pluto that NASA's New Horizons spacecraft obtained during its flyby on July 14, 2015. The pictures are part of a sequence taken near New Horizons' closest approach to Pluto, with resolutions of about 250-280 feet (77-85 meters) per pixel - revealing features smaller than half a city block on Pluto's diverse surface.

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