File:Blue hazes over backlit Pluto.jpg

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English: A near-true-colour image of Pluto's bluish hazes taken by New Horizons.

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Pluto’s Blue Sky: Pluto’s haze layer shows its blue color in this picture taken by the New Horizons Ralph/Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC). The high-altitude haze is thought to be similar in nature to that seen at Saturn’s moon Titan. The source of both hazes likely involves sunlight-initiated chemical reactions of nitrogen and methane, leading to relatively small, soot-like particles (called tholins) that grow as they settle toward the surface. This image was generated by software that combines information from blue, red and near-infrared images to replicate the color a human eye would perceive as closely as possible.
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Source http://www.nasa.gov/nh/nh-finds-blue-skies-and-water-ice-on-pluto
Author NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

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