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Credit & Copyright: L. Sromovsky (U. Wisconson-Madison),
WFPC2,
HST,
NASA
MPEG Movie of Neptune Rotating
Explanation:
Today's weather on Neptune
will be typical. Highs in the upper atmosphere will be about
-150 Centigrade,
with winds ranging about 900 miles per hour near the equator.
Much was learned recently about Neptune's
weather by the release last week of time-lapse pictures
of the most distant gas giant in our Solar System.
These pictures
show how the weather differs between the two hemispheres of Neptune.
The overall blue color of Neptune
is caused by methane gas preferentially absorbing red light, while
the yellow spots are the highest clouds. It is still not known
why Neptune's Great Dark Spot disappeared.
MPEG Movie of Neptune Rotating
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