Neptune's Southern Hemisphere
This photograph of Neptune's southern hemisphere was taken by the narrow-angle camera on NASA's Voyager 2 when the spacecraft was 4.2 million km (2.6 million miles) from the planet. The smallest features that can be seen are 38 km (24 miles) across. The almond-shaped structure at the left is a large cloud system that has been seen for several weeks. Internal details in the feature have become increasingly apparent as Voyager 2 has approached. Systems with similar shapes in Jupiter's atmosphere rotate about their centers, rolling in the local winds that increase toward the south. However, the wispy nature of the white central clouds in this Neptunian feature make confirmation of the system's rotation difficult. The Voyager Mission is conducted by JPL for NASA's Office of Space Science and Applications.
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Image details
ID#:
PIA00050
Date added:
1996-01-29
Target:
Neptune
Mission:
Voyager
Spacecraft:
Voyager 2
Instruments:
Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
Size:
884 x 698 pixels (width x height)
Rating:
Views:
3,222
Full-Res TIFF:
PIA00050.tif (0.93 MB)
Full-Res JPG:
PIA00050.jpg (0.04 MB)
Image credit:
NASA/JPL
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