That flyby was far too quick.

2015-07-17: Animated Flyover

2015-07-24: Pluto’s atmosphere

Taken when New Horizons was about 2m kilometers past Pluto, when the tiny rock and ice world was very nearly between the spacecraft and the Sun. New Horizons looked over its shoulder, back at Pluto, to capture this breathtaking picture. The ring of light you are seeing? That’s Pluto’s atmosphere! Light passing through that cold, thin, nitrogen gas gets scattered, bent, and we see it as a halo surrounding the night side of Pluto.

2015-09-20: very nice Pluto picture.

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