File:Neptune's Blustery Weather in Primary Colors (1996-33-445).jpg
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editDescriptionNeptune's Blustery Weather in Primary Colors (1996-33-445).jpg |
English: These two NASA Hubble Space Telescope images provide views of weather on opposite hemispheres of Neptune. Taken Aug. 13, 1996, with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2, these composite images blend information from different wavelengths to bring out features of Neptune's blustery weather. The predominant blue color of the planet is a result of the absorption of red and infrared light by Neptune's methane atmosphere. Clouds elevated above most of the methane absorption appear white, while the very highest clouds tend to be yellow-red as seen in the bright feature at the top of the right-hand image. Neptune's powerful equatorial jet - where winds blow at nearly 900 mph - is centered on the dark blue belt just south of Neptune's equator. Farther south, the green belt indicates a region where the atmosphere absorbs blue light. |
Date | 24 October 1996 (upload date) |
Source | Neptune's Blustery Weather in Primary Colors |
Author | Lawrence Sromovsky (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and NASA |
Keywords InfoField | Planetary Atmospheres/Weather; Neptune; Planets; Solar System |
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