Remarkable new details of Pluto’s largest moon Charon are revealed in this image, taken from a distance of 289,000 miles. A swath of cliffs and troughs stretches about 600 miles from left to right, suggesting widespread fracturing of Charon’s crust, likely a result of internal processes. At upper right, along the moon’s curving edge, is a canyon estimated to be 4 to 6 miles deep. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI
Remarkable new details of Pluto’s largest moon Charon are revealed in this image, taken from a distance of 289,000 miles. A swath of cliffs and troughs stretches about 600 miles from left to right, suggesting widespread fracturing of Charon’s crust, likely a result of internal processes. At upper right, along the moon’s curving edge, is a canyon estimated to be 4 to 6 miles deep. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI
