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NASA laid out a picture of Pluto in 3D
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According to experts from NASA, now it is possible to create three-dimensional images of the surface of Pluto as photos planetoid, from which you can make stereoscopic cards, quite a lot. It is worth recalling that the number of pictures in the database NASA Pluto is constantly increasing as the machine New Horizons sends more and more new pictures stored in the system memory.
Scientists have made an exact image of the topographic map in most regions of Pluto, fixed cameras interplanetary probe New Horizons. Perhaps stereoscopic maps will help professionals clarify the details of the evolution of the surface of the dwarf planet.
One of the first shots of this kind was a 3D image of the region stretching for 300 kilometers. In the photo area is highlighted by a red frame, it's pretty old part of the surface with lots of craters. After image analysis it was found that the depth of the craters in the lower right portion of the image are about 2, 1 km away. The size of the smallest elements visible to the eye - 600 meters.
As previously reported , ice on the surface of Pluto moving. Such a movement was seen in the region in the form of heart. The composition of the ice - nitrogen, methane, CO, the main components of ice on Pluto. The data obtained by scientists in many ways changed the view of astronomers on the processes occurring in the dwarf planet. This is not a dead world - are still working processes gradually change the surface of Pluto. In particular, the ice move, which could be evidence of the theory of the existence of a liquid ocean under the ice cover of Pluto. The existence of a moving glacier makes Pluto-like worlds like Earth active or Mars. In addition, scientists have proof of the existence of complex organic compounds on Pluto. This acetylene, ethylene, and other substances. New Horizons has found traces of these compounds.
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Stereoscopic card would be fun to create and Charon, Pluto because this - a very interesting object for study. So, Pictures Charon high resolution, New Horizons obtained July 14 and sent to Earth on September 21 show scientists a "belt", a huge canyon, passing through all the planetoid. The length of it is 1,600 kilometers, is four times larger than the Grand Canyon on Earth. Depth - twice. It seems that in the past, Charon was very active in geological terms.
Source: geektimes.ru/post/264764/
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