Photos: Images of Pluto

After a nearly decadelong journey, the New Horizons spacecraft zoomed past Pluto early Tuesday. The dwarf planet is now the most distant object ever visited by humanity.

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Close-up image of a region near Pluto’s equator reveal a range of youthful mountains.

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Details of Pluto’s largest moon Charon are revealed in this image from New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager.

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NASA'S New Horizons probe snapped this image of Pluto on July 13, 2015. Little world, big heart: Pluto stuns in New Horizons image

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Pluto and its large moon Charon in false color image obtained using three of the color filters of the 'Ralph' instrument aboard NASA's New Horizons spacecraft taken on July 13, 2015. Two for the price of one: The unique binary system of Pluto and Charon

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The dwarf planet Pluto, right, with its largest moon, Charon, is now the most distant object ever visited by humanity. New Horizons flew by at 30,800 mph. Almost there! Pluto looms larger as New Horizons spacecraft closes in

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An image taken by the New Horizons spacecraft and released by NASA on Saturday shows Pluto's mysterious dark spots, which are evenly spaced apart and about 300 miles across each. Scientists get their last look at Pluto's mysterious dark spots

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This combination of images, from July 1-3, shows Pluto at different distances from the New Horizons spacecraft.