Hubble Views Dark Spot on Neptune (Annotated) (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Views Dark Spot on Neptune (Annotated)

Caption

This new Hubble Space Telescope image confirms the presence of a dark vortex in the atmosphere of Neptune. The full visible-light image at left shows that the dark feature resides near and below a patch of bright clouds in the planet's southern hemisphere. The full-color image at top right is a close-up of the complex feature. The vortex is a high-pressure system. The image at bottom right shows that the vortex is best seen at blue wavelengths.

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

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