New Horizons Looks Over Its Shoulder at Pluto

I've been expecting--and seeing--amazing images of Pluto from the close approach flyby of the New Horizons probe from mid-July. And even though I knew the images taken once the spacecraft was past Pluto would be lovely, I still wasn't quite prepared for just how awe-inspiring they would be. Behold: Oh, WOW. That was taken when New Horizons was about 2 million kilometers (1.2 million miles) past Pluto, when the tiny rock and ice world was very nearly between the spacecraft and the Sun. New Horizo...