Dramatic, icy landscape of Pluto, a dwarf planet in the outer reaches of the solar system, featuring a heart-shaped region called Tombaugh Regio, surrounded by mountains, valleys, and craters, with a thin atmosphere and a surface composed primarily of nitrogen ice mixed with darker organic material.
A detailed, NASA-style rendering of Pluto's geology, featuring its nitrogen ice plains, mountains, and valleys, with a focus on the mysterious Tombaugh Regio heart-shaped region and its possible geological processes.
A dramatic illustration of Pluto's orbit around the Sun, with the dwarf planet's highly eccentric path taking it from the outer reaches of the solar system to a close approach with Neptune, highlighting its unique position as a Kuiper Belt object.
A stunning, high-resolution image of Pluto's surface, showcasing its icy terrain, mountains, and valleys, with the New Horizons spacecraft flying overhead, capturing the moment it flew by the dwarf planet on July 14, 2015.