CuriosityonX shared a CGI visualization from NASA's New Horizons mission showing Pluto's icy mountains, based on 2015 flyby data with enhanced colors and exaggerated topography.
The spacecraft traveled 9 years and 3 billion miles for a 2015 high-speed flyby, revealing surprising geological features on what was thought to be a geologically dead world.
Pluto's water-ice mountains reach up to 3,500 meters tall at -229°C, featuring active geology like nitrogen glaciers that rewrote assumptions about the dwarf planet.
After traveling 9 years and covering 3 billion miles, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft got this shot.
— Curiosity (@CuriosityonX) March 10, 2026
Behold! The icy mountains of Pluto.pic.twitter.com/oTcFRBszMh
The CuriosityX account is sharing an image of Pluto's icy mountains taken by NASA's New Horizons after a 9-year and 3 billion-mile journey; this is a CGI animation created from 2015 data.
New Horizons made a one-off close flyby of Pluto in 2015, revealing water ice mountains and unexpected geological activity. Pluto, with its temperature of -229°C, features 3500-meter-high icebergs and nitrogen glaciers, redefining the dwarf planet previously thought to be a dead object.
