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New Horizons performed the first close-up flyby of Pluto in 2015

High-resolution photos revealed ice mountains and nitrogen glaciers

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sped past Pluto on 14 July 2015 at a distance of 12,500 kilometres, capturing the first high-resolution imagery of the dwarf planet. The probe revealed water-ice mountains 3,500 metres high, smooth frozen nitrogen plains and a thin atmospheric haze layer.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: High-resolution photos revealed ice mountains and nitrogen glaciers. The figure is taken from NASA Science, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a space fact?: Yes. It sits on the Space shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.