esahubble_opo0647b September 28th, 2006
Credit: NASA, ESA, L. Sromovsky and P. Fry (University of Wisconsin), H. Hammel (Space Science Institute), and K. Rages (SETI Institute)
This image shows Uranus with a dark spot clearly visible on the eastern side. This dark spot is a vortex measuring 1,100 miles by 1,900 miles large enough to engulf two-thirds of the United States and was caused by churning winds in the planet's atmosphere. For a closer view of the spot see here.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0647b/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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