“New Horizons” Pluto photographed blue sky – BBC Russian

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Image caption Haze reminded scientists fog on Titan – Saturn’s largest moon

NASA probe “New Horizons” Pluto discovered in the blue sky and large deposits of water ice. As reported on the agency’s website, the first color image of the atmosphere of Pluto was received last week.

“Who would have thought that in the Kuiper Belt, you can find the blue sky?” – Commented on the images representative of the mission “New Horizons”.

As the researchers note, the blue color haze due to the fact that the fine particles in the atmosphere of Pluto, which are in fact likely to have gray or reddish hue, If dispelled brighten blue. Pluto blue atmosphere give Tolya – heavy hydrocarbons consisting of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen.

NASA experts believe that these particles fall to the surface of the dwarf planet in the form of flakes. In addition, they lead to the formation of fog.

Also, the photographs found small clusters of water ice on the surface of Pluto.

On September 18, NASA has shown new photos of the surface of the dwarf planet, which, in including fixed fog creeping over the surface of Pluto.

In addition to Pluto, the apparatus photographing the satellite dwarf planets – Charon and other objects in the Kuiper Belt at the periphery of the solar system.

The mission of the “New Horizons “is designed for 15-17 years. It is expected that in the future the unit will be able to remove the small moons of Pluto – Styx, Nix, Hydra and Cerberus.