Illustration of the gas giant Neptune as seen from the ?
Illustration of the gas giant Neptune as seen from the surface of its moon Triton. White cirrus clouds race across a crescent Neptune as it presides over Triton's bleak and frozen south polar region. Sheets of frozen nitrogen ice with traces of other substances, including frozen methane and carbon monoxide, overlie Triton's darker material. The ice has turned pink due to the interaction with ultraviolet light from the distant Sun. Further south all of the surface of Triton is covered by such ices
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11105988
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48413100
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4920px x 3690px
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© Stocktrek Images / Mary Evans
Source
Walter Myers/Stocktrek Images
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