New Horizons Mission Releases Enhanced Color View of Pluto's Surface

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day features an enhanced-color image of Pluto, compiled from New Horizons spacecraft data collected during its 2015 flyby. This imagery highlights distinct surface compositions, revealing that Pluto's heart-shaped Tombaugh Regio has two geologically different lobes and Sputnik Planitia is unusually smooth, offering new insights into the dwarf planet's geology.