New Horizons spacecraft of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has started intensive data downlink phase. The United States space agency is receiving images and data gathered by the probe during its Pluto flyby. Now, NASA has released some stunning images of the dwarf planet captured by its spacecraft.

The spacecraft has captured some never-before-seen photos of Pluto. While talking about the new images, Jeff Moore, New Horizons Geology leader, said the photos showed that surface of the dwarf planet is more complex than the surface of the Red Planet. The mountains in the images could be huge hard water ice blocks.

“The new images also show the most heavily cratered — and thus oldest — terrain yet seen by New Horizons on Pluto next to the youngest, most crater-free icy plains. There might even be a field of dark wind-blown dunes, among other possibilities”, Moore added.

On Friday, NASA could release some better photos of the dwarf planet’s moons Charon, Nix, and Hydra. According to experts, it is just the beginning and the spacecraft will send many photos of Pluto that could reveal interesting and surprising information about the dwarf planet and its moons. Earlier, New Horizons started its year-long upload of images and data collected during its flyby of the famous dwarf planet.

The newest images of the planet are showing possible dunes and networks of valleys on Pluto’s surface. Alan Stern, New Horizons Principal Investigator, said the new images suggested that the dwarf planet has a diversity of landforms.