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Isn't it just lossy compression related artifacts from the glow ?



I suspect that image was sent back uncompressed.

You can very clearly see (12!) layers of the atmosphere in this photo:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/pluto-wows-in-spectacular-new-b...




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