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A hypothetical landscape on Pluto, freely interpreted according to the data of the "Horizon" probe.
The title "Charon Rising" is actually misleading: Since both dwarf planets are in tidally locked or "bounded" rotation with each other, Charon will never rise further from Pluto than visible in the image (at exactly this observed place on Pluto's surface!) for all eternity.
By the way, the sun is still depicted too large, it would be nothing else than the brightest star in Pluto's sky, no longer perceptible as a disk for the naked eye but about 300 times brighter than the full moon. So I took the artistic freedom to depict the sun in a more recognizable way.

Description
A hypothetical landscape on Pluto, freely interpreted according to the data of the "Horizon" probe.
The title "Charon Rising" is actually misleading: Since both dwarf planets are in tidally locked or "bounded" rotation with each other, Charon will never rise further from Pluto than visible in the image (at exactly this observed place on Pluto's surface!) for all eternity.
By the way, the sun is still depicted too large, it would be nothing else than the brightest star in Pluto's sky, no longer perceptible as a disk for the naked eye but about 300 times brighter than the full moon. So I took the artistic freedom to depict the sun in a more recognizable way.