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New images from Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft have captured a low-lying haze clinging to the surface of Pluto. The images, taken from a distance of about 18,000 kilometres, show stunning images of the icy mountains and flat ice plains on the planet. William McKinnon, Professor of EArth and Planetary Sciences, is one of the scientists processing the New Horizons data. (Photo: Just 15 minutes after its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft looked back toward the sun and captured this near-sunset view of the rugged, icy mountains and flat ice plains extending to Pluto’s horizon) (Credit: NASA)