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Twelve fuzzy, blurry images of Pluto, three rows and four columns. Each one is a different swirling marble pattern of yellow-orange vs blackish streaks. Each of the twelve images is labeled with a different angular degree marker, starting with 0 and going up by 30 each time.

Photomap of Pluto

Until the New Horizons flyby in 2015, this 2010 Hubble Space Telescope image was our best view of Pluto. Hubble's view wasn't sharp enough to distinguish individual features, but it revealed a complex-looking and variegated world with different-colored terrain. Hubble observations were used to help plan the New Horizons flyby.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Buie (Southwest Research Institute)
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