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Bill Harris
Nice. Especially when the saturation on the color image is dialed up 2-3x.

--Bill
Gladstoner
QUOTE (ZLD @ Dec 11 2015, 04:21 PM) *
Its usually been uploaded by an hour ago. Probably won't get anything today.


Is there a way to know if any non-LORRI data was downlinked instead? It would be nice if some new MVIC imagery came down.
Saturns Moon Titan
https://twitter.com/NewHorizons2015/status/...468075810947072

"We accidentally released all images of last wk last wk & there have been none since. More landing tmrw though!"

Habukaz
Since no new imagery was released yesterday, and since no one appears to have discussed this P_LEISA_HIRES image from last week, I'll torture it a little to bring out some features:


A trail of ice leading from outside a crater to inside it (is it streaming?):

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A branched feature:

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A narrow fracture cutting through a crater:

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Ice-filled crater (one of several mini-Sputniks?):

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Gladstoner
QUOTE (Habukaz @ Dec 12 2015, 03:07 AM) *
Since no new imagery was released yesterday, and since no one appears to have discussed this P_LEISA_HIRES image from last week.......


Are we sure they didn't accidentally slip in a HiRISE image of Gale Crater? smile.gif
Herobrine
Because there was no LORRI release this week, I'll do a little re-release of my own. tongue.gif
Since I started keeping track of the LORRI images published in SOC, three LORRI frames have disappeared from the site. I wrote the script I use for checking for new images to not only find all of the new ones, but also to tell me if any of the ones I have aren't on the site anymore and it has been reporting these three missing for quite a while now, every time I run it. I have no idea why they're gone and I haven't looked into it, but for whatever reason, these three frames aren't up there anymore, at least not with these file names.
For anyone trying to keep a 'complete set', here are the three that have gone missing, and their metadata files.

lor_0295612243_0x630_sci_5.jpg | lor_0295612243_0x630_eng_5.txt | NAV_C4_L1_NONCRIT_154 | 4 images of Pluto and Charon w/ LORRI 1x1

lor_0295859743_0x630_sci_1.jpg | lor_0295859743_0x630_eng_1.txt | NAV_C4_L1_CRIT_157 | 4 images of Pluto and Charon w/ LORRI 1x1

lor_0299175838_0x632_sci_3.jpg | lor_0299175838_0x632_eng_3.txt | C_LEISA_HIRES_L1 | LORRI Ride-Along

Edit: Here are links to the three frames' original browse pages on SOC, found by searching for them on Google. The pages don't work anymore, but they do display the data about the images (in truth, this is because it just displays whatever data is encoded into the URL).
http://www.pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Enco...sure=100%20msec
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...sure=100%20msec
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...mgType=approved
Gladstoner
QUOTE (alan @ Dec 17 2015, 01:07 PM) *


A couple highlights (with modest sharpening):

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alan
Interesting how the wrinkles change direction at the bottom. I wonder if they are pressure ridges from ice pushing against a shoreline.
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Gladstoner
QUOTE (alan @ Dec 17 2015, 01:58 PM) *
Interesting how the wrinkles change direction at the bottom. I wonder if they are pressure ridges from ice pushing against a shoreline.


I just can't help but be reminded of ice floes piling up along the shore of one of the Great Lakes. The direction change seems to indicate that the material pressed up against the 'shore', and was then pushed or pulled away by 'currents'.
xflare
This crater is strange, it seems to have the same smooth material as Sputnik Planum - but I don't see any entry point around the crater that would allow it to "flow" into the crater, maybe it came from below, like a lava filled crater??
atomoid
and its interesting in the hires image as well as past images how some craters and other features are filled while others are not. A single notion doesnt quite fit whether it be craters filling up to a regional liquid table level, ice particles precipitating or blowing in like sand, or heaven knows what else.. with a complicating factor of very ancient and relatively recent terrains apparently overlaid and preserving a puzzling patchwork of planetary perplexities..
Habukaz
QUOTE (xflare @ Dec 17 2015, 09:46 PM) *
This crater is strange, it seems to have the same smooth material as Sputnik Planum - but I don't see any entry point around the crater that would allow it to "flow" into the crater, maybe it came from below, like a lava filled crater??



I guess nitrogen on Pluto is more analogous to water on Earth than lava (so we could have groundnitrogen filling it up). The nitrogen dynamics of the Tombaugh region have been compared to the hydrological cycle on Earth previously.

Nitrogen vapour from the Sputnik plain could re-deposit in craters nearby. There does seem to be more ice-filled craters closer to Sputnik than further away.
HSchirmer
QUOTE (xflare @ Dec 17 2015, 09:46 PM) *
This crater is strange, it seems to have the same smooth material as Sputnik Planum -
but I don't see any entry point around the crater that would allow it to "flow" into the crater,
maybe it came from below, like a lava filled crater??


Ever look up at the ripples in cirrus clouds, and suddenly you're reminded that you are standing at the bottom of an ocean of air?
That kinds of inverted point of view helps with Pluto. That atmosphere is an ocean of air, N2 to be exact.
But like the arctic ocean on earth, things at the surface seem solid, but a little heat and they could be fluid instead.

Pluto's N2 atmosphere should be in equilibrium with the N2 ices, and those surface N2 ices should redistribute based on heat flow.
Anywhere there is a difference in heat flow, the N2 ices should reflect that. It's sort of a thermic "sea level".

So, if that crater floor has a lower net heat flow than surrounding areas, N2 ice should accumulate there.
Bill Harris
I wish we had a "Like" button to click.

Very true-- this is a very alien world.

--Bill
Gladstoner
New frames from the hi-res strip....

http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...mp;description=

Edit: A quick mosaic, adjusted for contrast and slightly sharpened:

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Hmmm.... It may now be a little easier to work out some of the processes. The Sputnik material here does looks like a degraded glacier-like deposit lying atop the knobby, 'dusty' terrain.
Herobrine
Here's a full list of new LORRI frames published in SOC today.
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:21:36.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719933.572884, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:21:33.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719892.279001, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:21:30.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719850.985117, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:21:27.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719809.691233, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:21:24.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719768.39735, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:21:21.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719727.103467, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:21:12.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719603.221819, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:21:15.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719644.5157, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:21:18.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719685.809583, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:21:09.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719561.927935, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:21:06.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719520.634054, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:21:03.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719479.340171, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:20:54.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719355.458527, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:20:57.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719396.752409, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:21:00.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719438.046288, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:20:51.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719314.164645, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:20:48.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719272.870765, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:20:45.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719231.576883, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:20:42.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719190.283003, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:20:39.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719148.989123, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:20:36.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719107.695242, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:20:27.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718983.813604, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:20:30.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719025.107484, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:20:33.656', target:'PLUTO', range:719066.401363, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:20:24.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718942.519725, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:20:21.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718901.225845, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:20:18.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718859.931967, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:20:09.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718736.050332, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:20:12.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718777.344209, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:20:15.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718818.638088, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:20:06.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718694.756453, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:20:03.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718653.462576, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:20:00.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718612.168697, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:19:51.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718488.287066, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:19:54.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718529.580943, exposure:0.4
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http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:19:48.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718446.993189, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:19:45.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718405.699312, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:19:42.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718364.405435, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:19:39.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718323.111559, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:19:36.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718281.817683, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:19:27.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718157.936056, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:19:30.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718199.229932, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:19:33.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718240.523808, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:19:24.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718116.642181, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:19:21.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718075.348306, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:19:18.656', target:'PLUTO', range:718034.054432, exposure:0.4
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http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:18:42.656', target:'PLUTO', range:717538.52795, exposure:0.4
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http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:18:24.656', target:'PLUTO', range:717290.76472, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:18:15.656', target:'PLUTO', range:717166.883108, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:18:18.656', target:'PLUTO', range:717208.176979, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:18:21.656', target:'PLUTO', range:717249.470849, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:18:12.656', target:'PLUTO', range:717125.589238, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:18:09.656', target:'PLUTO', range:717084.295368, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:18:06.656', target:'PLUTO', range:717043.001497, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:17:57.656', target:'PLUTO', range:716919.119889, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:18:00.656', target:'PLUTO', range:716960.413759, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:18:03.656', target:'PLUTO', range:717001.707628, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:17:54.656', target:'PLUTO', range:716877.826019, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:17:51.656', target:'PLUTO', range:716836.532152, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:17:48.656', target:'PLUTO', range:716795.238282, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:17:39.656', target:'PLUTO', range:716671.356678, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:17:42.656', target:'PLUTO', range:716712.650546, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_3.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:17:45.656', target:'PLUTO', range:716753.944414, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_1.jpg 'U_TBD_1_01':'LORRI 1st Portion', taken:'2015-07-13T23:40:16.805', target:'KERBEROS', range:null, exposure:0.1
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_1.jpg 'U_TBD_1_01':'LORRI 1st Portion', taken:'2015-07-13T23:40:15.805', target:'KERBEROS', range:null, exposure:0.1
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_1.jpg 'U_TBD_1_01':'LORRI 1st Portion', taken:'2015-07-13T23:39:16.805', target:'KERBEROS', range:null, exposure:0.1
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_1.jpg 'U_TBD_1_01':'LORRI 1st Portion', taken:'2015-07-13T23:39:15.805', target:'KERBEROS', range:null, exposure:0.1
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_1.jpg 'U_TBD_1_01':'LORRI 1st Portion', taken:'2015-07-13T23:38:16.805', target:'KERBEROS', range:null, exposure:0.1
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_1.jpg 'U_TBD_1_01':'LORRI 1st Portion', taken:'2015-07-13T23:38:15.805', target:'KERBEROS', range:null, exposure:0.1
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_1.jpg 'P_LEISA_HIRES_L1':'LORRI Portion', taken:'2015-07-14T10:55:48.831', target:'PLUTO', range:47165.0928112, exposure:0.05
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_2.jpg 'P_LEISA_HIRES_L1':'LORRI Portion', taken:'2015-07-14T10:55:12.831', target:'PLUTO', range:47639.7028429, exposure:0.05
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_2.jpg 'P_LEISA_HIRES_L1':'LORRI Portion', taken:'2015-07-14T10:54:36.831', target:'PLUTO', range:48114.7423274, exposure:0.05
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_2.jpg 'P_LEISA_HIRES_L1':'LORRI Portion', taken:'2015-07-14T10:54:00.831', target:'PLUTO', range:48590.1986647, exposure:0.05
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_2.jpg 'P_LEISA_HIRES_L1':'LORRI Portion', taken:'2015-07-14T10:53:24.831', target:'PLUTO', range:49066.0597423, exposure:0.05
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_2.jpg 'P_LEISA_HIRES_L1':'LORRI Portion', taken:'2015-07-14T10:52:48.831', target:'PLUTO', range:49542.3138979, exposure:0.05
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_1.jpg 'C_LEISA_LORRI_1_L1':'LORRI Ride-Along', taken:'2015-07-14T09:18:53.826', target:'CHARON', range:140675.388435, exposure:0.06
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_1.jpg 'C_LEISA_LORRI_1_L1':'LORRI Ride-Along', taken:'2015-07-14T09:18:14.826', target:'CHARON', range:141203.72326, exposure:0.06
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_1.jpg 'C_LEISA_LORRI_1_L1':'LORRI Ride-Along', taken:'2015-07-14T09:17:35.826', target:'CHARON', range:141732.146245, exposure:0.06
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_1.jpg 'C_LEISA_LORRI_1_L1':'LORRI Ride-Along', taken:'2015-07-14T09:16:56.826', target:'CHARON', range:142260.656382, exposure:0.06
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_1.jpg 'C_LEISA_LORRI_1_L1':'LORRI Ride-Along', taken:'2015-07-14T09:16:17.826', target:'CHARON', range:142789.252677, exposure:0.06
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_2.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:17:36.656', target:'PLUTO', range:716630.06281, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_2.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:17:27.656', target:'PLUTO', range:716506.181208, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_2.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:17:30.656', target:'PLUTO', range:716547.475075, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_2.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:17:33.656', target:'PLUTO', range:716588.768942, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_2.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:17:21.656', target:'PLUTO', range:716423.593475, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_2.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:17:24.656', target:'PLUTO', range:716464.887342, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_2.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:17:18.656', target:'PLUTO', range:716382.299608, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_2.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:17:09.656', target:'PLUTO', range:716258.418012, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_2.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:17:12.656', target:'PLUTO', range:716299.711877, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x639_sci_2.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T02:17:15.656', target:'PLUTO', range:716341.005742, exposure:0.4
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_2.jpg 'P_LEISA_HIRES_L1':'LORRI Portion', taken:'2015-07-14T10:49:48.831', target:'PLUTO', range:51929.1020672, exposure:0.05
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_3.jpg 'P_LEISA_HIRES_L1':'LORRI Portion', taken:'2015-07-14T10:49:12.831', target:'PLUTO', range:52407.4928346, exposure:0.05
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_2.jpg 'P_MVIC_LORRI_CA_L1':'LORRI ride-along at 3s cadence', taken:'2015-07-14T11:37:15.851', target:'PLUTO', range:17514.4069733, exposure:0.01
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_2.jpg 'P_MVIC_LORRI_CA_L1':'LORRI ride-along at 3s cadence', taken:'2015-07-14T11:37:12.851', target:'PLUTO', range:17540.0605869, exposure:0.01
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x636_sci_3.jpg 'P_MVIC_LORRI_CA_L1':'LORRI ride-along at 3s cadence', taken:'2015-07-14T11:37:09.851', target:'PLUTO', range:17565.7739666, exposure:0.01

If any others show up later, I'll add them to this list.
Gladstoner
An expanded view:

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peter59
Nix taken by MVIC
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Multimedia/Science...mp;image_id=392
Daniele_bianchino_Italy
QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Dec 18 2015, 09:15 PM) *
New frames from the hi-res strip....

http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...mp;description=


Edit: A quick mosaic, adjusted for contrast and slightly sharpened:

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Hmmm.... It may now be a little easier to work out some of the processes. The Sputnik material here does looks like a degraded glacier-like deposit lying atop the knobby, 'dusty' terrain.


These 'flowers' crater resemble a volcanic crater :-/ or exsplosive glacial crater
nprev
MOD NOTE: Six posts concerning liquid N2 in Sputnik Planum moved to the Pluto System Speculation thread.
Ron Hobbs
Now this is cool, very cool!

Pluto through a Stained Glass Window - A Movie from the outer Solar System
Gladstoner
QUOTE (Daniele_bianchino_Italy @ Dec 19 2015, 01:23 PM) *
These 'flowers' crater resemble a volcanic crater :-/ or exsplosive glacial crater

I'm leaning toward some kind of karst-like process producing sinkholes. See:

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The 'flower' pit and similar features are marked in green. Collapse pits within Sputnik Planum are marked in red. I believe these are all the same type of structure. The pitted nitrogen on the floor of the 'flower' could be a remnant of a once-more-extensive Sputnik. The close-ups of the Sputnik/highlands boundary indicate that the nitrogen deposit is eroding and receding here:

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HSchirmer
Just noticed a rather interesting flicker gif from 2010
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakda.../2010/2334.html
that shows how much surface change has occurred!

It shows hubble images from 1994, then 2002


They're 90 degrees off the current higher resolution maps, needed a bit of stitching to give an idea of what the new
high resolution map should look like.

Anybody heard anything about backlit charonshine images recently?
scalbers
Yes, I've looked at these a bit, including an overlay of NH on HST data in my map. It does seem Cthulhu Regio is visible in both HST images and the pole is brightening over time as is otherwise hypothesized from seasonal change. Beyond that I can speculate that some of the differences are more from data processing than other wholesale changes?

On the map I used this image that merges 1994 HST data with Pluto/Charon mutual transit & occultation analysis.

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TheAnt
QUOTE (scalbers @ Dec 26 2015, 05:18 PM) *
.... Beyond that I can speculate that some of the differences are more from data processing than other wholesale changes?


I tend to agree with that, if a major amount of frozen gases had melted it should have created a quite thick temporary atmosphere at Pluto, one that would have been hard to miss even by ground based telescopes. And there were also many observations of Pluto prior to the encounter by NH for planning images, satellite positions possible rings etc so I tend to think what's seen there is dataprocessing.

@Gladstoner: No one but be would be happier if those features had been created by processed similar to those found with glaciers.
Because I would understand them better then.
But I rather think they're created by some sort of melting/sublimation process of captured pockets of frozen gas.
Gladstoner
QUOTE (TheAnt @ Dec 26 2015, 04:22 PM) *
@Gladstoner: No one but be would be happier if those features had been created by processed similar to those found with glaciers.
Because I would understand them better then.
But I rather think they're created by some sort of melting/sublimation process of captured pockets of frozen gas.

Actually, if you're referring to the large sinkhole-like pits in the 'highlands', I believe we are close to agreement.
HSchirmer
QUOTE (TheAnt @ Dec 26 2015, 11:22 PM) *
if a major amount of frozen gases had melted
it should have created a quite thick temporary atmosphere at Pluto,
one that would have been hard to miss even by ground based telescopes.


Well, ground based scopes did look for that, but the results are weirder than that.

QUOTE
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015DPS....4721002T
With the weight of the atmosphere currently distributed evenly around the body, the ice temperature is expected to be globally isothermal in absence of topographic variations, due to the transport of latent heat from regions of high insolation to low insolation through sublimation and condensation.


Sunshine on N2 ice will thaw the ice on the dayside, but the N2 atmosphere redistributes the mass and heat so an equivalent amount of N2 freezes out on the nightside. All N2, ice or atmosphere, stays at the same temperature, now ~ 40k.

Interestingly, sunshine on H2O ice is different, telescope observations suggest it warms to 50k or so, so it behaves
more like normal "ground" which should generate thermals, upslope and downslope winds etc.

The "flower" craters could locations where sunlit peaks of H2O ice warm up, and drive sublimation of nearby N2 ice.

alan
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/christmas-pluto

QUOTE
The resolution is about 7 kilometers per LEISA pixel. Three infrared wavelength ranges (2.28-2.23, 1.25-1.30 and 1.64-1.73 microns) were placed into the three color channels (red, green and blue, respectively) to create this false color Christmas portrait.


What do these wavelengths reveal about the composition?
Phil Stooke
The north pole is minty, with a dash of cranberry sauce around the equator.

Phil
alan
Some topography from Alan Stern's AAS presentation;
https://twitter.com/HeavyFe_H/status/684375289313538050
Gladstoner
QUOTE (alan @ Jan 5 2016, 02:04 PM) *
Some topography from Alan Stern's AAS presentation;
https://twitter.com/HeavyFe_H/status/684375289313538050

The trench near the bottom (blue-purple strip) is surprising:

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It resembles a subduction zone. If the nitrogen of Sputnik is riding up over the less-dense water ice crust, that could explain how the huge bergs become detached.
Gladstoner
Also interesting is how this lake-appearing feature is actually higher than the surrounding terrain:

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JohnVV
this is what i got a bit back for the image
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...;br>11:22:54
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounte...0x630_sci_4.jpg

from 11/24/2015
Image then a hightmap


mind you Pluto is NOT a good subject for using SFS on
JRehling
Edit: I'm curious as to how the different instruments used in the various Hubble/NH observations may have led to apparent changes, and how much is due to actual change versus how much is due to different wavelengths. We can never re-observe Pluto as it used to be (and the seasons won't repeat within anyone's lifetime), but we have an interesting record now of some different observations over a span of 20+ years.
Saturns Moon Titan
Can't wait for the first data release since December 18th!

In the mean time, here's yesterday's press conference: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/particles-go-w...pluto-s-surface
Saturns Moon Titan
Stuff is now appearing on the LORRI page: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/soc/Pluto-Encounter/index.php
Herobrine
Here are all of the new LORRI frames published today.

lor_0299231504_0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T01:59:45.706', target:'PLUTO', range:701888.854299, exposure:0.3
lor_0299231498_0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T01:59:39.706', target:'PLUTO', range:701806.266727, exposure:0.3
lor_0299231495_0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T01:59:36.706', target:'PLUTO', range:701764.972939, exposure:0.3
lor_0299231489_0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T01:59:30.706', target:'PLUTO', range:701682.385368, exposure:0.3
lor_0299231486_0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T01:59:27.706', target:'PLUTO', range:701641.091581, exposure:0.3
lor_0299231483_0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T01:59:24.706', target:'PLUTO', range:701599.797796, exposure:0.3
lor_0299231480_0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T01:59:21.706', target:'PLUTO', range:701558.504011, exposure:0.3
lor_0299231474_0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T01:59:15.706', target:'PLUTO', range:701475.916441, exposure:0.3
lor_0299231477_0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T01:59:18.706', target:'PLUTO', range:701517.210228, exposure:0.3
lor_0299231471_0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T01:59:12.706', target:'PLUTO', range:701434.622657, exposure:0.3
lor_0299231462_0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T01:59:03.706', target:'PLUTO', range:701310.741305, exposure:0.3
lor_0299231465_0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T01:59:06.706', target:'PLUTO', range:701352.035087, exposure:0.3
lor_0299231468_0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T01:59:09.706', target:'PLUTO', range:701393.328874, exposure:0.3
lor_0299231459_0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T01:59:00.706', target:'PLUTO', range:701269.447523, exposure:0.3
lor_0299231456_0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T01:58:57.706', target:'PLUTO', range:701228.153737, exposure:0.3
lor_0299231453_0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T01:58:54.706', target:'PLUTO', range:701186.859954, exposure:0.3
lor_0299231450_0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T01:58:51.706', target:'PLUTO', range:701145.566174, exposure:0.3
lor_0299231447_0x639_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEEPIM':'Deep 2.4-sigma LORRI mosaic of Pluto nightside, in one frame', taken:'2015-07-15T01:58:48.706', target:'PLUTO', range:701104.272389, exposure:0.3
lor_0299192236_0x636_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEP_SOONEST':'2-sigma LORRI Pluto crescent', taken:'2015-07-14T15:05:17.781', target:'PLUTO', range:161647.579777, exposure:0.15
lor_0299192235_0x636_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEP_SOONEST':'2-sigma LORRI Pluto crescent', taken:'2015-07-14T15:05:16.781', target:'PLUTO', range:161633.857648, exposure:0.15
lor_0299192234_0x636_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEP_SOONEST':'2-sigma LORRI Pluto crescent', taken:'2015-07-14T15:05:15.781', target:'PLUTO', range:161620.135526, exposure:0.15
lor_0299192233_0x636_sci_1.jpg 'P_DEP_SOONEST':'2-sigma LORRI Pluto crescent', taken:'2015-07-14T15:05:14.781', target:'PLUTO', range:161606.413413, exposure:0.15
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alan
‘X’ Marks a Curious Corner on Pluto’s Icy Plains

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This part of Pluto is acting like a lava lamp, if you can imagine a lava lamp as wide as, and even deeper than, the Hudson Bay.


Pluto’s Icy Plains in Highest-Resolution Views from New Horizons
ZLD
If anyone is up for a challenge, there is some faint ground data that I think could be extracted in these P_DEP_SOONEST images.

2015.07.14_15h05s14 - lor_0299192233_0x636_sci_1 - LORRI - P_DEP_SOONEST - 2-sigma LORRI Pluto crescent
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alan
Probing the Mysterious Glacial Flow on Pluto’s Frozen ‘Heart’

Caption on the x marks the spot image says it was downloaded on Dec 24 though it has yet to show up at the LORRI site.
wildespace
QUOTE (alan @ Jan 8 2016, 10:46 PM) *
Caption on the x marks the spot image says it was downloaded on Dec 24 though it has yet to show up at the LORRI site.

These images were available at LORRI site in the beginning to December, I believe: http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...8103&st=210

I only see one new image, the one with the "cross". Still one more image is required to complete the high-rez strip: http://pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu/~perry/imag...IC_LORRI_CA.jpg

alex_k
An attempt to extract ground details, x2 enlarged.
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TheAnt
QUOTE (Gladstoner @ Dec 27 2015, 12:10 AM) *
Actually, if you're referring to the large sinkhole-like pits in the 'highlands', I believe we are close to agreement.


Oh yes, that's what I had in mind when typing. So yes, we agree.

And when writing here about Pluto, we've been very hesitant to spit it out clearly, but noted features that suggested glacial processes.
And then Dr. Orkan Umurhan post on this blog and state that these really are glaciers, but made of nitrogen and carbonoxide, that would flow comparatively more easy than glaciers on earth. (Those he's cautious to mention that only limited work have been done on those substances at that temperature.)
Mongo
The surface age of Sputnik Planum, Pluto, must be less than 10 million years

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Data from the New Horizons mission to Pluto show no craters on Sputnik Planum down to the detection limit (2 km for low resolution data, 625 m for high resolution data). The number of small Kuiper Belt Objects that should be impacting Pluto is known to some degree from various astronomical surveys. We combine these geological and telescopic observations to make an order of magnitude estimate that the surface age of Sputnik Planum must be less than 10 million years. This maximum surface age is surprisingly young and implies that this area of Pluto must be undergoing active resurfacing, presumably through some cryo-geophysical process. We discuss three possible resurfacing mechanisms and the implications of each one for Pluto's physical properties.


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It is possible that craters in SP undergo viscous relaxation, in which the surface material flows to relieve any topographic features and horizontal and vertical stresses. The viscous relaxation timescale τR — the time it takes for the height of a surface feature to diminish by a factor of 1/e — is given approximately by 3η/ρgw, where η is the effective viscosity, ρ is the density, g is the gravitational acceleration, and w is the breadth of the depression (in this case, a crater). The density of Pluto’s nitrogen ice is around 1000 kg/m^3 and the gravitational acceleration on Pluto is around 0.66 m/s^2. To cause a 625 meter crater (the smallest size detectable in the data) to relax over 10 million years therefore requires an effective viscosity of the SP surface layer material, which is largely nitrogen ice, of around 4 × 10^19 Pa-s. Because the relaxation timescale is an upper limit (the surface must be younger than 10 million years), the actual effective viscosity must be equal to or less than this value. This is a relatively loose constraint on viscosity; a tighter constraint arises from the next interpretation.

A second possibility is that craters in SP are erased and the surface reset through convective overturn. The physics of this anomaly correction is similar to that of viscous relaxation, except that the proximate cause is now a temperature difference from the bottom to the top of the convective cell. This temperature difference causes a density anomaly ∆ρ. The overturn timescale τoverturn is therefore approximately η/∆ρgL, where L is now the vertical dimension. The difference in density between nitrogen ice at 40 K (Pluto surface temperature) and 60 K (the temperature near the base of the “cryo-lithosphere” just below the nitrogen melting temperature) is around 5%, so we use this value for ∆ρ. We assume that the “cell boundaries” seen in the images indicate the horizontal extent of the convection cells — around 30 km — and that the vertical size of a convection cell is around three times smaller than the horizontal extent, or around 10 km. We find a viscosity of equal to or less than around 10^17 Pa-s. We have not taken into account the stress dependence of the effective viscosity, which would lower our estimate somewhat. Nevertheless, this result is consistent with the viscosity of nitrogen ice at 45 K of around 10^8 Pa-s, and indicates that convective overturn is a plausible mechanism for removing craters of this size on SP.

A third possible mechanism to erase craters on SP is through cryovolcanism that conveys melt from a subsurface reservoir. The assumption here is that at the base of the SP surface layer, which we again take to be on the order of 10 km, there is (perhaps partial) melting of nitrogen ice. This liquid material, which is under pressure, could be extruded to the surface through local cracks (presumably the same cell boundaries described above) and fill in any negative topography before freezing. This mechanism requires that the temperature at the base of the SP surface layer be around 63 K, at which temperature solid nitrogen melts, compared to the surface temperature of 38 K. This implies a temperature difference of around 25 K (the temperature difference across the SP surface layer) over a vertical distance of around 10 km, for a thermal gradient of around 2.5 K/km. The volume of infill material extruded in 10 million years must equal the volume of the crater that is erased, which is roughly πD3/80, where the factor of 10 in the denominator arises from the typical depth/diameter ratio of 1:10. The melt production rate must therefore be around 1 m^3/year or 10^7 m^3 (0.01 km3) in ten million years in order to erase a single crater of order 625 meters in diameter.
Gladstoner
QUOTE (Mongo @ Jan 12 2016, 08:24 PM) *

Thanks for the link. Interesting stuff.

(Edit: Discussion moved to Pluto System Speculation over in Chit Chat purgatory ( smile.gif ):

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...st&p=228995
Saturns Moon Titan
New NASA release: Pluto’s Wright Mons in Color

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/pluto-s-...t-mons-in-color
ZLD
Here is a morph I did of Wright Mons a few months ago, with a different enhanced color overlay. The resolution is quite large so I would recommend fullscreen.

alan
Some new high phase images of Pluto now at LORRI site.
ZLD
I hadn't even been paying attention until I happened to look at the SBN release schedule today. The next NH scheduled data release is next month for all instruments, labeled as 'Cruise', probably all 3 Approach phases.
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