The Icy Mountains of Pluto

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New close-up images of a region near Pluto’s equator reveal a giant surprise: a range of youthful mountains rising as high as 11,000 feet (3,500 meters) above the surface of the icy body.

Link - http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-icy-mountains-of-pluto

Published on Jul 17, 2015

This simulated flyover of Pluto’s Norgay Montes (Norgay Mountains) and Sputnik Planum (Sputnik Plain) was created from New Horizons closest-approach images. Norgay Montes have been informally named for Tenzing Norgay, one of the first two humans to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Sputnik Planum is informally named for Earth’s first artificial satellite. The images were acquired by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on July 14 from a distance of 48,000 miles (77,000 kilometers). Features as small as a half-mile (1 kilometer) across are visible. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI

Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydU-YrG_INk

This simulated flyover of two regions on Pluto, northwestern Sputnik Planum (Sputnik Plain) and Hillary Montes (Hillary Mountains), was created from New Horizons close-approach images. Sputnik Planum has been informally named for Earth’s first artificial satellite, launched in 1957. Hillary Montes have been informally named for Sir Edmund Hillary, one of the first two humans to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. The images were acquired by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on July 14 from a distance of 48,000 miles (77,000 kilometers). Features as small as one-half mile (1 kilometer) across are visible. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AbiygSo478

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NAMES OF UNDERWORLD GODS PROPOSED FOR NEW FEATURES ON PLUTO

A list of unofficial names for new features appearing in the high resolution images of Pluto have been put forward including mythological creatures such as Mephistopheles

As New Horizons begins to send back the first images of the Pluto system, there is a growing, and rather dark, list of names for the features scientists expect to see in them.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3173744/Pluto-s-icy-heart-moving-GLACIERS-massive-tectonic-features-new-Nasa-images-reveal.html#ixzz3gsWxZJta