Figure 14-6: R I V U X G
Neptune’s Banded Structure This enhanced-color Hubble Space Telescope image shows Neptune’s belts and zones. White areas denote high-altitude clouds; the very highest clouds (near the top of the image) are shown in yellow-red. The green belt near the south pole is a region where the atmosphere absorbs blue light, perhaps indicating a different chemical composition there.
Neptune’s Banded Structure This enhanced-color Hubble Space Telescope image shows Neptune’s belts and zones. White areas denote high-altitude clouds; the very highest clouds (near the top of the image) are shown in yellow-red. The green belt near the south pole is a region where the atmosphere absorbs blue light, perhaps indicating a different chemical composition there.
(Lawrence Sromovsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison; STScI/NASA)