Hubble Reveals Pluto’s Changing Surface

The Changing Faces of Pluto

This is the most detailed view to date of the entire surface of the dwarf planet Pluto, as constructed from multiple NASA Hubble Space Telescope photographs taken from 2002 to 2003. Hubble's view isn't sharp enough to see craters or mountains, if they exist on the surface, but...

Pluto - HST - 90° Longitude

Pluto - HST - 180° Longitude

Pluto - HST - 270° Longitude

Hubble Maps Pluto's Changing Surface

These are two Hubble photo maps of the dwarf planet Pluto, as seen in 1994 and 2002-2003. Hubble's view isn't sharp enough to see craters or mountains, if they exist on the surface, but Hubble does reveal a complex-looking and variegated world with white and charcoal-black...

1994 Hubble FOC Photo Map of Pluto

2002-2003 Hubble ACS Photo Map of Pluto

Hubble's Full Photomap of Pluto

This is the most detailed view to date of the entire surface of the dwarf planet Pluto, as constructed from multiple NASA Hubble Space Telescope photographs taken from 2002 to 2003. NASA's New Horizons space probe, now halfway to Pluto, will get sharper images of Pluto when it...

Compass and Scale Image for Pluto

Photo-Mapped Pluto Globe

This is the most detailed view to date of the entire surface of the dwarf planet Pluto, as constructed from multiple NASA Hubble Space Telescope photographs taken from 2002 to 2003. Hubble's view isn't sharp enough to see craters or mountains, if they exist on the surface, but...