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| titletext = After decades of increasingly confused arguing, Pluto is reclassified as a "dwarf Pluto." | | titletext = After decades of increasingly confused arguing, Pluto is reclassified as a "dwarf Pluto." | ||
}} | }} | ||
− | + | When the image is clicked the corresponding [http://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizons-spacecraft-displays-pluto-s-big-heart-0 NASA post] opens up. | |
+ | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | This comic was posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2015, in honor of the {{w|New Horizons}} deep space probe making its flyby at {{w|Pluto}}, thus breaking the typical Monday/Wednesday/Friday cycle for the [[xkcd]] comics. Also on this day he released the first [[what if?]] in over three months, and it was called [http://what-if.xkcd.com/137/ New Horizons]. Luckily it did not end up back on Earth, as depicted in [[1532: New Horizons]], released 1½ month before closest approach. | |
− | This comic was posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2015, in honor of the {{w|New Horizons}} deep space probe making its flyby at {{w|Pluto}}, thus breaking the typical Monday/Wednesday/Friday cycle for the [[xkcd]] comics. Also on this day he released the first | ||
[[Randall]] has taken one of the probe's images of Pluto, and outlined humorous examples of {{w|Pareidolia|pareidolia}} on top of it. | [[Randall]] has taken one of the probe's images of Pluto, and outlined humorous examples of {{w|Pareidolia|pareidolia}} on top of it. | ||
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;Serenity | ;Serenity | ||
− | An outline of the ''Firefly''-class spaceship ''Serenity'', which was the titular vessel from the 2002 TV series ''{{w|Firefly (TV series)|Firefly}}''. | + | An outline of the ''Firefly''-class spaceship ''Serenity'', which was the titular vessel from the 2002 TV series ''{{w|Firefly (TV series)|Firefly}}''. One of a number of pareidolic features Randall has outlined. |
;Dinosaur | ;Dinosaur | ||
− | Nobody can see a dinosaur unless Randall did this painting on Pluto's surface. And a complex comic needs at least one dinosaur. | + | Nobody can see a dinosaur unless Randall did do this painting on Pluto's surface. And a complex comic needs at least one dinosaur. |
;The good part | ;The good part | ||
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;{{w|The Heart (Pluto)|Heart}} | ;{{w|The Heart (Pluto)|Heart}} | ||
− | + | One of a number of pareidolic features Randall has outlined, and the only one (currently) also informally named as such by NASA. | |
;Coronary artery disease | ;Coronary artery disease |