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Mountains on Pluto The first detailed image of Pluto’s surface returned to Earth after New Horizons’ flyby shows ice mountains up to 11,000 feet high — comparable to the height of the Rockies — casting shadows across a relatively smooth plain. The lack of visible craters indicates that this part of the surface is quite young, no more than 100 million years old. The image was taken on July 14 from a distance of 47,800 miles.