New Pluto images reveal snakeskin like texture
New high resolution images of Pluto released on September 24 reveal a snakeskin-like texture on the planet's surface.
![Pluto square](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1460443/pluto-square.png?w=736&f=47cb42a06cdf59bedfe57f80311231cb)
The images were captured by the New Horizons spacecraft on 14 July. A mountain range known as Tartarus Dorsa on Pluto's surface appears grey and blue, its jagged ridgeline created what scientists have described as a snakeskin-like appearance.
![Pluto closer](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1460440/pluto-closer.jpg?w=736&f=e262bd043061243b1f916d692c90bedc)
Another high resolution image showed colours ranging from brown to white and shades in between.
![Pluto closest](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1460441/pluto-closest.jpg?w=736&f=e44352c0a19d30ba259809553358d6fd)
New Horizons is the first spacecraft to visit the dwarf planet.
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