16 OCT: This high-resolution image captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft combines blue, red and infrared images taken by the Ralph/Multispectral Visual Imaging Camera (MVIC). The bright expanse is the western lobe of the “heart,” informally called Sputnik Planum, which has been found to be rich in nitrogen, carbon monoxide and methane ices. New Horizons continues to speed beyond Pluto following its historic flyby. It has now gone more than 100 million km deeper into space, putting it some five billion km from Earth. As it recedes from us, the probe continues to send back data gathered during the flyby. (Photo: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI) #BBCSnapshot #Photography #Pluto #NASA #planet #NewHorizons #SputnikPlanum by bbcnews

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