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PIA02222: Neptune Clouds on the Dark Spot

This photo was taken by NASA's Voyager 2's wide-angle camera. Light at methane wavelengths is mostly absorbed in the deeper atmosphere. The bright, white feature is a high-altitude cloud just south of the Great Dark Spot.

Target Name:	Neptune
Is a satellite of:	Sol (our sun)
Mission:	Voyager
Spacecraft:	Voyager 2
Instrument:	VG ISS - Narrow Angle
Product Size:	400 x 400 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	JPL
Producer ID:	P34684
Primary Data Set:	Voyager EDRs
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA02222.tif (28.64 kB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA02222.jpg (11.48 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:: This photo was taken by Voyager 2's wide-angle camera. Light at methane wavelengths is mostly absorbed in the deeper atmosphere. The bright, white feature is a high-altitude cloud just south of the Great Dark Spot. Other, smaller clouds associated with the Great Dark Spot are white, and are also at high altitudes. The Voyager Mission is conducted by JPL for NASA's Office of Space Science and Applications.
Image Credit:: NASA/JPL
Image Addition Date:: 1999-10-29