Pluto
One hemisphere razor-sharp from New Horizons' 2015 flyby, the other forever fuzzy — a map that wears its own story.
About this globe
One hemisphere razor-sharp, the other a blur — this map wears the story of its own making. New Horizons flew past Pluto exactly once, in July 2015, photographing the encounter side in stunning detail while the far side rotated away.
The bright heart-shaped Sputnik Planitia is a glacier of frozen nitrogen the size of Texas.
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Print at 100% scale. Cut along solid lines, fold along dashed lines, glue the tabs. Your PDF can take up to a minute to prepare — hang tight after clicking.
In the US? Print the A4 file and choose “fit to page” — it scales cleanly onto Letter paper.
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"Pluto" folding paper globe — free from Folding Globes, https://foldingglobes.com/globes/pluto · Imagery: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI New Horizons