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(Old) picture of Pluto captured by the New Horizons spacecraft (sopuli.xyz)
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Does anyone know why it looks like Pluto has an atmosphere in this picture?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

Oh wow that's really cool! I didn't know.

It's about one millionth of the pressure of earth's atmosphere at sea level.