Northern Pluto February 27 2016 via NASA Gaze across the frozen canyons of northern Pluto in this contrast enhanced color scene imaged last July by the New Horizons spacecraft. Currently known as Lowell Regio the region has been informally named for Percival Lowell founder of the Lowell Observatory. Also famous for his speculation that there were canals on Mars in 1906 Lowell started the search that ultimately led to Pluto's discovery. Pluto's North Pole itself is above and left of center in…
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