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NASA
14th July 2015, 21:20
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/nh-071315_falsecolorcomposite_thumbs.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=49505)14 Jul 2015 - Pluto and Charon Shine in False Color
New Horizons has obtained impressive new images of Pluto and its large moon Charon that highlight their compositional diversity. These are not actual color images of Pluto and Charon-they are shown here in exaggerated colors.


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CurEus
15th July 2015, 00:36
I was told today that it is unlikely the NASA photographs released of Pluto could not possibly be correct as the Sun's light won't reach that far so it is likely every image is "enhanced" in some way. I don;t have the background to understand if this is correct