Uranus South Polar Atmospheric Structure

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Uranus South Polar Atmospheric Structure

Voyager 2's best image of Uranus' south pole, processed to bring out atmospheric structure. The circular feature is real, but some details are not. In particular, nearly horizontal lines are artifacts from flatfielding.

NASA / JPL / Daniel Macháček

Copyright holder: Daniel Macháček

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Contact us to request publication permission from the copyright holder. Original image data dated on or about January 24, 1986