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Explanation: Pluto is mostly brown. The above picture captures the true colors of Pluto as well as the highest surface resolution so far recovered. No spacecraft has yet visited this dwarf planet in our Solar System. The above map was created by tracking brightness changes from Earth of Pluto during times when it was being partially eclipsed by its moon Charon. The map therefore shows the hemisphere of Pluto that faces Charon. Pluto's brown color is thought dominated by frozen methane deposits metamorphosed by faint but energetic sunlight. The dark band below Pluto's equator is seen to have rather complex coloring, however, indicating that some unknown mechanisms may have affected Pluto's surface.

Credit: Eliot Young (SwRI) et al., NASA

Source: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010319.html

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Not PD-NASA - primary author listed on APOD page is from SwRi [1], who do not appear to freely license their work [2]. Davepape 15:45, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

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Non-free / fair use media rationale for Pluto
Description	True colour, highest surface resolution image of Pluto so far recovered
Source	Eliot Young/SwRi, NASA (APOD site)
Article	Pluto
Portion used	Does not make the work as a whole less valuable to the copyright holder. Image was created for scientific purposes, not commercial use.
Low resolution?	no
Purpose of use	To demonstrate the colour and surface texture of the dwarf planet Pluto
Replaceable?	Not possible. The extreme distance to the subject precludes any possibility whatsoever of obtaining a replacement image. The only means of obtaining these types of images is through the use of highly sophisticated scientific equipment that is unavailable to the general public.
Other information	SwRi's copyright specifically permits use for "attributed noncommercial educational purposes."

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Description	True colour, highest surface resolution image of Pluto so far recovered
Source	Eliot Young/SwRi, NASA (APOD site)
Article	Moons of Pluto
Portion used	Does not make the work as a whole less valuable to the copyright holder. Image was created for scientific purposes, not commercial use.
Low resolution?	no
Purpose of use	To demonstrate the colour and surface texture of the dwarf planet Pluto
Replaceable?	Not possible. The extreme distance to the subject precludes any possibility whatsoever of obtaining a replacement image. The only means of obtaining these types of images is through the use of highly sophisticated scientific equipment that is unavailable to the general public.
Other information	SwRi's copyright specifically permits use for "attributed noncommercial educational purposes."

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Description	True colour, highest surface resolution image of Pluto so far recovered
Source	Eliot Young/SwRi, NASA (APOD site)
Article	Dwarf planet
Portion used	Does not make the work as a whole less valuable to the copyright holder. Image was created for scientific purposes, not commercial use.
Low resolution?	no
Purpose of use	To demonstrate the colour and surface texture of the dwarf planet Pluto
Replaceable?	Not possible. The extreme distance to the subject precludes any possibility whatsoever of obtaining a replacement image. The only means of obtaining these types of images is through the use of highly sophisticated scientific equipment that is unavailable to the general public.
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Description	True colour, highest surface resolution image of Pluto so far recovered
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Article	Cleared the neighbourhood
Portion used	Does not make the work as a whole less valuable to the copyright holder. Image was created for scientific purposes, not commercial use.
Low resolution?	no
Purpose of use	To demonstrate the colour and surface texture of the dwarf planet Pluto
Replaceable?	Not possible. The extreme distance to the subject precludes any possibility whatsoever of obtaining a replacement image. The only means of obtaining these types of images is through the use of highly sophisticated scientific equipment that is unavailable to the general public.
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Non-free / fair use media rationale for Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons
Description	True colour, highest surface resolution image of Pluto so far recovered
Source	Eliot Young/SwRi, NASA (APOD site)
Article	Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons
Portion used	Does not make the work as a whole less valuable to the copyright holder. Image was created for scientific purposes, not commercial use.
Low resolution?	no
Purpose of use	To demonstrate the colour and surface texture of the dwarf planet Pluto
Replaceable?	Not possible. The extreme distance to the subject precludes any possibility whatsoever of obtaining a replacement image. The only means of obtaining these types of images is through the use of highly sophisticated scientific equipment that is unavailable to the general public.
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Description	True colour, highest surface resolution image of Pluto so far recovered
Source	Eliot Young/SwRi, NASA (APOD site)
Article	Space exploration
Portion used	Does not make the work as a whole less valuable to the copyright holder. Image was created for scientific purposes, not commercial use.
Low resolution?	no
Purpose of use	To demonstrate the colour and surface texture of the dwarf planet Pluto; also demonstrates the full extent of exploration of that object to date
Replaceable?	Not possible. The extreme distance to the subject precludes any possibility whatsoever of obtaining a replacement image. The only means of obtaining these types of images is through the use of highly sophisticated scientific equipment that is unavailable to the general public.
Other information	SwRi's copyright specifically permits use for "attributed noncommercial educational purposes."

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	21:03, 28 November 2007	480×480 (103 KB)	Ckatz (Talk \| contribs)	(New image is great but: where is it from, who/what created it, is it real, etc. - please provide details)
	04:36, 29 December 2006	480×480 (103 KB)	Porsche997SBS (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	00:42, 29 December 2006	256×256 (4 KB)	FinalWish (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	19:42, 25 August 2006	480×480 (103 KB)	RandomOrca2 (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	19:42, 25 August 2006	256×256 (4 KB)	RandomOrca2 (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	19:29, 24 August 2006	480×480 (103 KB)	Grey Goshawk (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	19:28, 24 August 2006	256×256 (4 KB)	Grey Goshawk (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	23:11, 9 November 2005	480×480 (103 KB)	XuperUber (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	23:10, 9 November 2005	229×221 (5 KB)	XuperUber (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	03:06, 26 May 2004	480×480 (103 KB)	Ctachme (Talk \| contribs)	(this didn't work before... trying again...)
	02:11, 26 May 2004	256×256 (18 KB)	Ctachme (Talk \| contribs)	({{msg:PD-USGov}} Source: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010319.html)
	04:27, 7 April 2004	256×256 (4 KB)	Ctachme (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	19:46, 19 March 2004	229×221 (5 KB)	Minesweeper (Talk \| contribs)	(original resolution)
	23:33, 4 April 2003	256×256 (4 KB)	TakuyaMurata (Talk \| contribs)	(Converted from Pluto.gif)