The images show different sections of Pluto with rainbow-like colors and amazing effects.
NASA often shares stunning images on its social media platforms. A recent agency post on its Instagram handle shows a rainbow-coloured image of a celestial body that has surprised the internet. The thing that looks like a round planet is Pluto, which is at the outer edge of our solar system. The image shared by NASA shows different sections of Pluto with rainbow-like colors and stunning effects.
In the post, NASA said: “Where does the rainbow end?
She added that “Pluto has a complex and varied surface with mixed mountains reminiscent of Europe, networks of carved valleys, ancient crater-filled terrain next to new and soft icy plains, and even what may be windswept dunes.” .
The image was clicked by the New Horizons space probe launched in 2006. NASA said the spacecraft conducted a six-month flyby study of Pluto and its moons in the summer of 2015. “The spacecraft continues to explore the distant solar energy. heading away toward the Kuiper belt.”
The post received over 7.8 lakh likes in just one day. Users can be seen admiring the beauty of Pluto and the range of colors applied by the space agency.
One user wrote: “Oh my God, this is so beautiful.” Another said, “Congratulations to Pluto on its exit! Proud of you, my friend.”
In 2019, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) downgraded Pluto to a dwarf planet because it did not meet the three criteria the organization uses to define a full-size planet.
The IAU’s three criteria for a full-sized planet are: It is in orbit around the Sun, has sufficient mass to withstand hydrostatic equilibrium (almost round shape) and has “cleared the neighborhood” around its orbit. Pluto did not meet the third criteria.
