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Pluto Surface Observations 2: NH Post-Encounter Phase, 10 Oct 2015- 1 Feb 2016
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post Oct 13 2015, 09:05 PM
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This thread is for discussion of NH Pluto surface observations received after 10 Oct 2015.


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post Oct 22 2015, 09:27 PM
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I was going by visual appearance along with the reported 'up to 1.3 miles (2.1 km) deep', according to the article I linked.


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- nprev   Pluto Surface Observations 2: NH Post-Encounter Phase   Oct 13 2015, 09:05 PM
- - Daniele_bianchino_Italy   QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 13 2015, 10:05 PM) Thi...   Oct 14 2015, 09:35 AM
|- - MichaelPoole   QUOTE (Daniele_bianchino_Italy @ Oct 14 2015,...   Oct 14 2015, 10:42 AM
- - Gladstoner   Pluto LORRI close-ups: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/so...   Oct 16 2015, 05:25 PM
- - Herobrine   Here's the full list of LORRI images published...   Oct 16 2015, 05:26 PM
- - Gladstoner   I would not have expected this pattern within the ...   Oct 16 2015, 05:30 PM
|- - Bjorn Jonsson   QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Oct 16 2015, 05:30 PM...   Oct 16 2015, 07:59 PM
- - alan   LORRI site is slow, it must be getting mobbed. ET...   Oct 16 2015, 06:17 PM
|- - Nafnlaus   QUOTE (alan @ Oct 16 2015, 05:17 PM) LORR...   Oct 16 2015, 08:11 PM
- - Herobrine   Here's a hand-stitching of P_MPAN_1 Click the...   Oct 16 2015, 07:25 PM
- - volcanopele   Here's the version I made. This also includes...   Oct 16 2015, 07:47 PM
- - Gladstoner   I assume the blank/noisy LORRI image releases from...   Oct 16 2015, 08:02 PM
|- - Pluto7904   QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Oct 16 2015, 02:02 PM...   Oct 17 2015, 12:12 AM
|- - machi   QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Oct 16 2015, 10:02 PM...   Oct 17 2015, 01:17 AM
- - Gladstoner   I can understand regularly spaced pits and rows of...   Oct 16 2015, 11:29 PM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Oct 17 2015, 12:29 AM...   Oct 17 2015, 11:45 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   These images may have been taken to ensure that Pl...   Oct 17 2015, 12:53 AM
- - eliBonora   The latest mosaic with LORRI images (one was so bl...   Oct 17 2015, 03:39 AM
- - Saturns Moon Titan   What was the resolution on the latest high res str...   Oct 17 2015, 11:21 AM
- - machi   Pits are much more plausible explanation. On major...   Oct 17 2015, 12:10 PM
|- - Bill Harris   QUOTE (machi @ Oct 17 2015, 07:10 AM) It...   Oct 18 2015, 11:26 PM
- - Gladstoner   I suspect the size, form, orientation, and cluster...   Oct 17 2015, 02:49 PM
- - Saturns Moon Titan   Are these the highest resolution images of Pluto w...   Oct 17 2015, 04:47 PM
|- - stfletch   Nope, we should get two strips which are about 70-...   Oct 17 2015, 04:55 PM
- - Gladstoner   Do we know (or can we estimate) the area of covera...   Oct 17 2015, 05:10 PM
- - volcanopele   Here was the predict for the pre-C/A strip   Oct 17 2015, 05:32 PM
|- - Gladstoner   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Oct 17 2015, 12:32 P...   Oct 17 2015, 05:48 PM
|- - tanjent   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Oct 18 2015, 01:32 A...   Oct 17 2015, 09:14 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (tanjent @ Oct 17 2015, 02:14 PM) U...   Oct 17 2015, 09:54 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 17 2015, 10:54 PM)...   Oct 18 2015, 12:18 PM
- - Gladstoner   Rough estimate of track shown rendered above, alon...   Oct 17 2015, 06:15 PM
- - Habukaz   Interesting comparison by Phil Metzger between clo...   Oct 18 2015, 01:20 PM
|- - Gladstoner   QUOTE (Habukaz @ Oct 18 2015, 08:20 AM) I...   Oct 18 2015, 04:03 PM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Oct 18 2015, 05:03 PM...   Oct 20 2015, 11:04 AM
- - stfletch   Updated file tracking received and expected LORRI ...   Oct 19 2015, 08:10 AM
- - ZLD   Looks like stereo imaging is starting to be assemb...   Oct 22 2015, 08:21 PM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (ZLD @ Oct 22 2015, 09:21 PM) fanta...   Oct 22 2015, 09:25 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (ZLD @ Oct 22 2015, 09:21 PM) those...   Oct 22 2015, 10:01 PM
|- - walfy   The above GIF for 3D glasses:   Oct 22 2015, 10:40 PM
- - ZLD   I was going by visual appearance along with the re...   Oct 22 2015, 09:27 PM
- - ZLD   It was a simple observation that was based not on ...   Oct 22 2015, 10:31 PM
- - Herobrine   Here's a full list of LORRI images published i...   Oct 23 2015, 06:25 PM
- - Herobrine   Here's a hand stitch of (only) the latest addi...   Oct 23 2015, 07:06 PM
- - peter59   I had great expectations associated with observati...   Oct 23 2015, 07:40 PM
- - alan   Some of the craters are brighter at ~5 o'clock...   Oct 23 2015, 07:41 PM
- - Herobrine   Here's a hand stitch of the 3 P_LEISA_HIRES_L1...   Oct 23 2015, 07:52 PM
- - JohnVV   just some fun a 1920x1080 desktop background   Oct 23 2015, 08:01 PM
- - Bill Harris   And a slightly different perspective on Charon as ...   Oct 23 2015, 08:21 PM
- - nprev   Seems like each release is newly amazing. Other ...   Oct 23 2015, 09:01 PM
- - peter59   Almost I missed it. Today's images taken from ...   Oct 23 2015, 09:02 PM
|- - stevesliva   @peter59 -- image links broken with ... Same as ...   Oct 23 2015, 09:18 PM
- - JohnVV   peter59 please fix your links copy/paste dose NOT...   Oct 23 2015, 09:19 PM
- - t_oner   Enlarged version   Oct 23 2015, 09:32 PM
|- - Gladstoner   QUOTE (t_oner @ Oct 23 2015, 03:32 PM) En...   Oct 23 2015, 09:52 PM
- - stevesliva   The mid latitudes are really fascinating. We sho...   Oct 23 2015, 09:34 PM
- - Gladstoner   Possible track projection: Since the frames don...   Oct 23 2015, 09:44 PM
- - Gladstoner   Interesting smudges along some of the fractures: ...   Oct 23 2015, 10:14 PM
- - JohnVV   one of the new images to come down "lor_02991...   Oct 24 2015, 04:13 AM
- - antipode   Gladstoner Very interesting. Outgassing deposit ...   Oct 24 2015, 06:43 AM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (antipode @ Oct 24 2015, 07:43 AM) ...   Oct 24 2015, 07:33 AM
- - Gladstoner   For reference, a post by jccwrt mentioned the smud...   Oct 24 2015, 08:05 AM
- - Gladstoner   Their sporadic occurrence makes me think outgassin...   Oct 24 2015, 08:15 AM
- - fred_76   Some colors on the last Lorri images of Pluto, mad...   Oct 24 2015, 09:28 AM
- - ZLD   Here's a full tweened morph of the latest ster...   Oct 25 2015, 02:07 AM
|- - MichaelPoole   Why not water? This area is poor in nitrogen, meth...   Oct 25 2015, 10:29 AM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (ZLD @ Oct 25 2015, 02:07 AM) Here...   Oct 27 2015, 02:56 AM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (ZLD @ Oct 25 2015, 03:07 AM) One a...   Oct 28 2015, 03:21 AM
- - ZLD   Well, I wouldn't suggest water as a first poss...   Oct 25 2015, 01:34 PM
|- - MichaelPoole   QUOTE (ZLD @ Oct 25 2015, 02:34 PM) Well,...   Oct 25 2015, 10:13 PM
- - JohnVV   the surface coloring makes using SFS a bit " ...   Oct 26 2015, 07:09 AM
- - Habukaz   The latest LORRI images are really awesome (didn...   Oct 26 2015, 05:09 PM
- - wildespace   My mosaic from the new LORRI images, a nice sweep ...   Oct 27 2015, 07:36 PM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (wildespace @ Oct 27 2015, 08:36 PM...   Oct 28 2015, 01:03 AM
- - ZLD   That certainly has a very similar appearance! ...   Oct 28 2015, 02:26 PM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (ZLD @ Oct 28 2015, 02:26 PM) That ...   Oct 28 2015, 03:30 PM
- - ZLD   I don't want to get too speculative or off top...   Oct 28 2015, 04:05 PM
|- - MarsInMyLifetime   QUOTE (ZLD @ Oct 28 2015, 11:05 AM) Here...   Oct 29 2015, 03:00 PM
- - ZLD   Happy to hear and thank you! I'm always tr...   Oct 29 2015, 05:10 PM
|- - Bill Harris   QUOTE (ZLD @ Oct 29 2015, 12:10 PM) Happy...   Oct 30 2015, 12:29 AM
- - Gladstoner   New image: http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-fu...   Oct 29 2015, 06:40 PM
|- - wildespace   QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Oct 29 2015, 06:40 PM...   Oct 30 2015, 04:54 AM
- - Gladstoner   That is some dramatic terrain on Pluto's dark ...   Oct 29 2015, 06:48 PM
- - Explorer1   Now that's pretty! Putting a few more in t...   Oct 29 2015, 07:08 PM
- - ZLD   Great image. I can't wait to see if they have ...   Oct 29 2015, 07:15 PM
- - Gladstoner   FWIW, the star field is at the boundary between Ca...   Oct 29 2015, 08:18 PM
- - Herobrine   Was the new full MVIC crescent image rotated 3 deg...   Oct 29 2015, 10:27 PM
|- - john_s   This new image is in its original orientation, so ...   Oct 29 2015, 11:14 PM
|- - Herobrine   QUOTE (john_s @ Oct 29 2015, 06:14 PM) Th...   Oct 30 2015, 07:19 AM
|- - MichaelPoole   I have just read a part about Io in the book ...   Oct 30 2015, 02:42 PM
- - ZLD   Here's a quick tweened morph between the July ...   Oct 30 2015, 01:40 AM
- - Bill Harris   Very well put. Our current visits to minor plane...   Oct 30 2015, 03:37 PM
|- - TritonAntares   Two interesting smaller icefields in the 'new...   Oct 30 2015, 04:12 PM
- - ZLD   Looks like the new LORRI images have been posted. ...   Oct 30 2015, 05:21 PM
- - alan   The images of Pluto from 0.7 km must be the Charon...   Oct 30 2015, 05:53 PM
- - Gennady Ionov   Unfortunately, it seems there is no night-side ima...   Oct 30 2015, 05:53 PM
- - ZLD   In regards to the latest images: QUOTE Alex Parke...   Oct 30 2015, 06:17 PM
- - Herobrine   Here's the full list of LORRI images published...   Oct 30 2015, 06:30 PM
- - Saturns Moon Titan   So these are the Charon images which when processe...   Oct 30 2015, 06:48 PM
- - ZLD   Yes but the compressed versions we have probably w...   Oct 30 2015, 07:00 PM
- - ZLD   Moved to here.   Oct 30 2015, 09:15 PM
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