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PIA00423: Triton's Southern Hemisphere
Triton's Southern Hemisphere
Target Name: Triton
Is a satellite of: Neptune
Mission: Voyager
Spacecraft: Voyager 2
Instrument: Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
Product Size: 2593 samples x 2593 lines
Produced By: U.S. Geological Survey
Addition Date: 1998-06-08
Primary Data Set: Voyager EDRs
Full-Res TIFF: PIA00423.tif (7.96 MB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA00423.jpg (413.4 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:
This polar projection of Triton's southern hemisphere provides a view of the southern polar cap and bright equatorial fringe. The margin of the cap is scalloped and ranges in latitude from +10 degrees to -30 degrees. The bright fringe is closely associated with the cap's margin; from it, diffuse bright rays extend north-northeast for hundreds of kilometers. The bright fringe probably consists of very fresh nitrogen frost or snow, and the rays consist of bright-fringe materials that were redistributed by north-moving Coriolis-deflected winds.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/USGS

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