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NASA releases best photos yet of Pluto’s jumbo moon, Charon

This image released by NASA on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, shows Charon, in enhanced color by captured by NASA's New Horizons captured just before closest approach on July 14, 2015. Massive canyons and fractures are clearly visible on Charon, which is more than half of Pluto's size. (NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI via AP)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Pluto’s big moon, Charon, is being revealed in all its rugged glory.

NASA released the best color pictures yet of Charon on Thursday. The images were taken by the New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby of Pluto in July and transmitted to Earth 1

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