Figure 14-5: R I V U X G
Cirrus Clouds over Neptune Voyager 2 recorded this image of clouds near Neptune’s terminator (the border between day and night on the planet). Like wispy, high-altitude cirrus clouds in Earth’s atmosphere, these clouds are thought to be made of ice crystals. The difference is that Neptune’s cirrus clouds are probably methane-ice, not water-ice as on Earth.
Cirrus Clouds over Neptune Voyager 2 recorded this image of clouds near Neptune’s terminator (the border between day and night on the planet). Like wispy, high-altitude cirrus clouds in Earth’s atmosphere, these clouds are thought to be made of ice crystals. The difference is that Neptune’s cirrus clouds are probably methane-ice, not water-ice as on Earth.
(NASA/JPL)