Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama
Scientists with the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) program are studying pictures of Uranus and Neptune sent by the Hubble telescope during the period where these ice giants are closet to Earth. These unique new images give us a weather report from more than a billion miles away.
The “changing of the seasons” is a new area of study, as Uranus takes 84 of our years to orbit the sun. This image shows that the normally blue planet is covered in white at its north pole.The large white cap strewn over the north pole of Uranus is particularly dramatic. The likely cause of this feature has to do with the planet’s unique tilt, which causes sunlight to shine directly onto the north polar regions…
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