- Original Caption Released with Image:
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This color photo of Neptune's large satellite Triton was obtained on Aug.
24 1989 at a range of 530,000 kilometers (330,000 miles). The resolution is
about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), sufficient to begin to show topographic
detail. The image was made from pictures taken through the green, violet
and ultraviolet filters. In this technique, regions that are highly
reflective in the ultraviolet appear blue in color. In reality, there is
no part of Triton that would appear blue to the eye. The bright southern
hemisphere of Triton, which fills most of this frame, is generally pink in
tone as is the even brighter equatorial band. The darker regions north of
the equator also tend to be pink or reddish in color.
JPL manages the Voyager project for NASA's Office of Space Science.
- Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL
Image Addition Date:
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1999-05-08
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