Kind of sucks that this is the big first picture that is being published. The LORRI, while an impressive piece of hardware in and of itself, is not built for high detail, close-in shots (although it was used some for the Pluto flyby closeups). That's the job of the Ralph telescope on-board the spacecraft.<p>It's a neat picture, but I fear that any subsequent pictures will have less impact on the public, as many laymen will say "Meh, saw that the other day on <insert_news_site>. Old news".<p>I'm really looking forward to the spectacular shots we will get from the close-in imager. New Horizons will be MUCH closer to this object than it was Pluto, so it should really get some fantastic shots of the surface features.<p>For comparison, just check out the wikipedia pages. They show a pretty solid contrast of the capabilities/uses of the two devices:<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Range_Reconnaissance_Imager" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Range_Reconnaissance_Imag...</a><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_(New_Horizons)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_(New_Horizons)</a>