This close-up image of a region near Pluto’s equator reveals a giant surprise: a range of youthful mountains rising as high as 11,000 feet above the surface of the icy body. The mountains likely formed no more than 100 million years ago — mere youngsters relative to the 4.56-billion-year age of the solar system — and may still be in the process of building. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI
This close-up image of a region near Pluto’s equator reveals a giant surprise: a range of youthful mountains rising as high as 11,000 feet above the surface of the icy body. The mountains likely formed no more than 100 million years ago — mere youngsters relative to the 4.56-billion-year age of the solar system — and may still be in the process of building. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI
