A spectacular image of Sputnik Planum on Pluto, captured by the New Horizons spacecraft, makes the cover of this 2016 issue of the Nature Journal

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/534/issues/7605

📷 NASA/Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab./Southwest Research Inst. Image composition and processing by P. Schenk & P. Engebretson.

#nasa #newhorizons #spacecraft #pluto #sputnikplanum #universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research