Forget the 'man in the moon', Pluto has a WHALE: Map of dwarf planet reveals odd shape on surface
Channel: Aliens insider
Date: 2015-07-08

Forget the 'man in the moon', Pluto has a WHALE: Map of dwarf planet reveals odd shape on surface and a mysterious 'donut'
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It may be a blotchy, sandy-coloured blur, but the image below is the best map we currently have of the distant surface of Pluto.

The map, stitched together from images taken by the New Horizons space probe as it makes its journey towards the dwarf planet, reveals the intriguing markings on the strange world in detail.

Scientists have informally named an elongated dark patches around the equator of Pluto as 'the whale' due to its shape and they have also identified a bright 'doughnut' shape.

Further around the equator, on the opposite side, are four more mysterious black 'alien' spots that have excited and baffled astronomers around the world.

Researchers have also now created a Google Earth overlay to allow would be explorers to navigate their way across the dwarf planets features for themselves. 

New Horizons is due to give scientists a close up look at the surface of Pluto and its complex patterns when it flies past the planet at just 7,750 mils on July 14.