Figure 14-1: R I V U X G
Uranus from Voyager 2 This image looks nearly straight down onto Uranus’s south pole, which was pointed almost directly at the Sun when Voyager 2 flew past in 1986. None of the Voyager 2 images of Uranus shows any pronounced cloud patterns. The color is due to methane in the planet’s atmosphere, which absorbs red light but reflects green and blue.
Uranus from Voyager 2 This image looks nearly straight down onto Uranus’s south pole, which was pointed almost directly at the Sun when Voyager 2 flew past in 1986. None of the Voyager 2 images of Uranus shows any pronounced cloud patterns. The color is due to methane in the planet’s atmosphere, which absorbs red light but reflects green and blue.
(JPL/NASA)