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  1. Reptile

    Reptile Semi-Professional Butthole Spelunker

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    The almighty has his reasons
     
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    MurphyAlter The Floofiest

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    Hezus: "Listen, I just like the color red. I had to put it really far away from you guys because it's so awesome, but you flew there anyway. I mean, I figure that's why you guys did all those wars, realizing that there was red inside you must have been too much to handle."
     
  3. Exeter

    Exeter Cuddly, Snuggly, Slutty Dragon

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    Cosmic rays and solar light interact with and combine molecules in Pluto's sparse atmosphere causing this red "gunk" to rain down on the surface.
     
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    Velixer The Musical Draconic Muse

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    Pluto looks so awesome, and what's awesome is that Charon is now the largest moon in comparison to it's host planet.
     
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    Exeter Cuddly, Snuggly, Slutty Dragon

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    I'm personally hoping they get promoted to the status of double planet or double dwarf planet. Their barycenter is above the surface of Pluto!
     
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    Velixer The Musical Draconic Muse

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    If that happens they would be considered double dwarf planets due to the fact that they do not fit the current definition of a planet.
     
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  7. Exeter

    Exeter Cuddly, Snuggly, Slutty Dragon

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    Earth and Luna compared to tiny Pluto and Charon.

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  8. Exeter

    Exeter Cuddly, Snuggly, Slutty Dragon

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    Our best shot of Pluto yet with Charon stitched in too. Tomorrow we'll get the best shot we'll ever get til we go there ourselves. We'll even get one in colour. New Horizons will be out of contact for hours while it points everything it's got at the little icy dwarf planet and then it'll take about a year to send back all the data it'll collect in a matter of hours.

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  9. Exeter

    Exeter Cuddly, Snuggly, Slutty Dragon

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    Rosetta, which is orbiting a comet right now, looked out and took a picture of Pluto while New Horizons was passing it.

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  10. Velixer

    Velixer The Musical Draconic Muse

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    Space is amazing <3
     
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  11. Exeter

    Exeter Cuddly, Snuggly, Slutty Dragon

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    Exeter Cuddly, Snuggly, Slutty Dragon

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    Cool new shot of the dark side of the moon, and the earth, both facing the sun! That's the side of the moon that never faces the Earth!

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    And here's another shot of their actual distance to put that picture in perspective.

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  13. Reptile

    Reptile Semi-Professional Butthole Spelunker

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    It's pretty ridiculous how we were able to fly a speck of dust from one of those rocks to the other.
     
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  14. Exeter

    Exeter Cuddly, Snuggly, Slutty Dragon

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    Took 4 days lol without computers!
     
  15. MurphyAlter

    MurphyAlter The Floofiest

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    To be fair, I think we got the prettier side.
     
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    SnowLycan ☆*:.。.Mahou shoujo.。.:*☆

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    Is it just me or is lady earth having a thong day in this picture?

    On another not did you mention it rains red on Pluto?
     
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    Exeter Cuddly, Snuggly, Slutty Dragon

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    Yeah! There are organic materials in the atmosphere leaking out of the planet and cosmic rays interact with them, making them rain down and form a layer of thin red material on the surface. Also, Pluto's gravity is so low, the material actually drifts over to the moon Charon and has been falling around the north pole.

    So the big mystery is, why are these organic compounds (meaning carbon-based) leaking out of Pluto?
     
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    Exeter Cuddly, Snuggly, Slutty Dragon

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    Only the coolest gifs I've ever seen!

    We know hardly anything about what's going on here!

    All we know is that white bands going one direction are cooler than dark belts going the other way!

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    maybe pluto is a big ice covered ball of flesh like the moon in dead space 3? lol that would be the biggest wtf moment in science if that were true
     
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    Exeter Cuddly, Snuggly, Slutty Dragon

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    DUDE SPOILERS
     

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