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ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to [Dormant] moved to !space@mander.xyz@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Neptune isn't as blue as you think, and these new images of the planet prove it

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Neptune isn't as blue as you think, and these new images of the planet prove it

www.livescience.com

ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to [Dormant] moved to !space@mander.xyz@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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A new treatment of images collected by Voyager 2 in the late 1980s using data from the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed the actual colors of the solar system's distant ice giants, Neptune and Uranus.
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    Never thought it was blue, tbh. Always assumed it was a greenish-blue or cyan, like in this picture:

    https://i.imgur.com/ZU0TQv6.jpg

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      Turns out it’s not either. More creamy pale greenish blue.

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