# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B6gKRDJlQKW
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11734250-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/b5a14897d1.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-12-25T16:42:31.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Pluto might be billions of miles from the Earth, but that doesn’t stop it from getting into the Christmas spirit. 🎄⁣
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This image was produced by the New Horizons composition team, using a pair of Ralph/LEISA instrument scans. Three infrared wavelength ranges were placed into the three color channels (red, green and blue, respectively) to create this false color Christmas portrait of the dwarf planet.⁣
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Image Credit: NASA/johnshopkinsapl/souhwestresearchinstitute
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#NASA #Pluto #MerryChristmas #DwarfPlanet

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nasa, pluto, merrychristmas, dwarfplanet

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