A detailed painting of Pluto created in 1979 has turned out to be eerily accurate.
Until New Horizons traveled 3 billion miles and captured increasingly clearer images of Pluto, nobody knew for sure what its surface looked like.
Or did they?
A detailed painting of the celestial body created in 1979 has turned out to be eerily accurate.
In fact, the image created 36 years ago by artist Don Dixon is a very close match to one taken by the NASA craft about a week ago.
Back in the 70s, even the best available equipment couldn’t provide a glimpse of Pluto that made it appear as anything other than a little, blurry orb.
