NASA releases first close-up images of Pluto and its moons from New Horizons probe

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Nasa has released the first close-up images of Pluto and her moons from the &num;Plutoflyby mission&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Almost three billion miles away and nine years on&comma; here are some of the breathtaking images sent from Nasa’s New Horizons spacecraft&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here are the most recent shots beamed back to Earth from the probe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hydra&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;07&sol;image197&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;07&sol;image197&period;jpg" alt&equals;"NASA Hydra from Pluto fly by" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"401" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77438" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Methane map of Pluto&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;07&sol;image198&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;07&sol;image198&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Methane map of Pluto&period; " width&equals;"600" height&equals;"335" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77439" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking live on television&comma; the team revealed that they have been informally referring to the dark patch near the north pole of Charon as Mordor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Towards the North East they identified 600 miles of troughs and cliffs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At the two o’clock position scientists pointed out a canyon estimated to be about 4-6 miles deep&period; And another at the 11 o’clock position which is less deep&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;77437" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-77437" style&equals;"width&colon; 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