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Cloud Structure on Neptune

Caption:

These two images show changes in the high-altitude cloud structure on Neptune. These images were observed in the near-infrared (1.65 microns) with adaptive optics. Neptune is the outermost of the giant planets in our solar system, but also has the most dynamic and rapidly changing weather patterns. This near-infrared image is primarily sensitive to such high-altitude clouds, which appear bright against the darker disk. Adaptive optics allows ground-based telescopes to monitor Neptune's evolving weather systems and to use spectroscopy to probe different altitudes in its poorly-understood atmosphere

Cloud Structure on Neptune
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Credit: Credit Center for Adaptive Optics, UCSC
Decade of Image: 2000 - 2009

Categories:

ASTRONOMY / Optical

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TIFF Format - 644K - 328 x 670 pixel image - 72 DPI

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