This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration. |
A Trip Into Space Uranus Uranus - False Color Image, Bright Cloud From 12.9 Million Km | |
See also: Uranus Fact Sheet, Uranus Rings Fact Sheet, Uranus - False-Color Image From 2.7 Million Km, Uranus - In True And False Color |
False-color Voyager 2 image of Uranus showing a bright streak-like cloud at the limb. The picture is composite of images taken through the violet, blue, and orange filters at a distance of 12.9 million km. This view shows the southern hemisphere of Uranus. The doughnut shapes are camera blemishes. Uranus is about 51,000 km in diameter. (Voyager 2, P-29468)
Last Update: 2004-Nov-27