Hubble Views Dark Spot on Neptune (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Views Dark Spot on Neptune

Caption

This new Hubble Space Telescope image confirms the presence of a dark vortex in the atmosphere of Neptune. On the left, the full visible-light image shows a dark vortex near and below a patch of bright clouds in the planet's southern hemisphere. The dark spot measures roughly 3,000 miles across. On the right, Neptune's dark vortices are typically only best seen at blue wavelengths.

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NASA, ESA, and M.H. Wong and J. Tollefson (UC Berkeley)

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