i was looking to write something about the surface geography of pluto and came across this article about a cool geographic feature on the surface of pluto! since the flyby, we’ve had a lot of new information to sift through about the distant icy planet, and now we’ve found a new set of tendrils on the surface of pluto in a pattern that’s like “nothing else we’ve seen in the outer solar system.” the newly released pictures show us 6 cracks which radiate out from a central point, unlike typical cracks we’ve seen in the past which typically run parallel to each other due to the expanding icy crust. they are also red! what would that mean? what caused them? and why are they colored? only time will tell for our distant icy friend!
