Crazy NASA Footage Gets up Close and Personal With Pluto

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Pluto's a tricky one. Is it a planet? Yes? No? Maybe? It's been through the wringer. But, new footage from NASA at least shows what this controversial planet looks like.

The New Horizon's spacecraft took some amazing images of Pluto on its latest flyby. In fact, NASA is calling the images, "the best close-ups of Pluto that humans may see for decades." These super-high resolution captures show off Pluto's mountainous, glacial, and crater-filled landscape.

But most importantly, they make you feel like you're in that Magic School Bus episode where they go to all the planets.

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Kara King is a News Writer at Thrillist and learned all her science from Magic School Bus. Send news tips to news@thrillist.com and follow her at @karatillie.