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Neptune in Primary Colours


Depicts: Neptune
Copyright: Lawrence Sromovsky (University of Wisconsin-Madison), NASA

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 image.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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