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Higher resolution images are coming, and some will have better shadows that will reveal more detail.

• altcognito 8y ago
  Did they capture color or just not enough light for that?
  • ceejayoz 8y ago
    Chances are they did (we know they did for the Pluto encounter), but right now they're prioritizing the most potentially scientifically interesting images as it's going to take 20 months to download the entire data set.
  • nabla9 8y ago
    Usually comets look gray even in color pictures. True-color image of comet 67P/C-G: https://i.imgur.com/wVMkBOV.jpg https://i.imgur.com/wVMkBOV.jpg
  • Splendor 8y ago
    They did capture color. Ultima Thule is red. https://www.space.com/42878-ultima-thule-new-horizons-first-color-photo.html https://www.space.com/42878-ultima-thule-new-horizons-first-...
  • jstanley 8y ago
    There was a low-resolution colour camera and a high-resolution black-and-white camera. But the colour information isn't very interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(486958)_2014_MU69#Gallery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(486958)_2014_MU69#Gallery