--- title: NASA Releases Imagined Pluto Landing Video description: Of course no one has landed on Pluto yet, but a new video from NASA lets everyone see exactly what it would be like. canonical: https://time.com/4643182/pluto-landing-video/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-23T15:28:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:55.380Z article:section: Science og:title: Now Anyone Can See What Landing on Pluto Would Be Like og:description: NASA used New Horizon flyby images of Pluto to create a gorgeous color video og:url: https://time.com/4643182/pluto-landing-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc51edf1d78f89d5b/6988b6c0ab6d77b1686ac92f/pluto.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Pluto og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Now Anyone Can See What Landing on Pluto Would Be Like twitter:description: NASA used New Horizon flyby images of Pluto to create a gorgeous color video twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc51edf1d78f89d5b/6988b6c0ab6d77b1686ac92f/pluto.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Now Anyone Can See What Landing on Pluto Would Be Like > Sponsored content. 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NASA used New Horizon flyby images of Pluto to create a gorgeous color video_  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Jan 23, 2017 3:28 PM UTC  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Jan 23, 2017 3:28 PM UTC No one has landed on Pluto yet, but [a new video from NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/a-colorful-landing-on-pluto) lets everyone see exactly what it would be like if they did. NASA released “footage” last week of an imagined Pluto landing, comprised of [over 100 pictures](http://time.com/3967826/new-horizons-best-pluto-photos/) that the New Horizons spacecraft captured during its summer 2015 [Pluto flyby](http://time.com/4018747/new-horizons-flyby/). The video’s creators started with detailed images in black and white, as well as overlay low-resolution color photos from the Ralph color camera onboard to simulate the approach in brilliant colors. The view first includes Pluto and Charon, [its biggest moon](http://time.com/4058675/nasa-pluto-charon/), and then hones in on the edge of Sputnik Planitia, [a large basin](http://time.com/3967807/new-horizons-pluto-heart-mountain-range-photo/) filled with ice. 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