Neptune in infrared
Neptune in infrared These two IR images of Neptune were taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2005 with a long-pass 850 nm filter. The south pole is at bottom. Heterogeneous belts and spots are visible in the southern hemisphere, as well as a bright limb on the winter north pole. NASA, ESA, E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona), and H.B. Hammel (Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colorado)