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Fireworks at Uranus

Fireworks at Uranus
Fireworks at Uranus At relatively low altitudes (upper two images), the GS-37S cloud feature is apparent as a bright spot just to the north (right) of a bright band of clouds. At high altitudes (bottom two images, taken through the K prime filter at the same times as the upper two images), GS-37S "pops" through the methane haze on July 4, 2004, but has almost entirely disappeared by July 8. Heidi Hammel, Imke de Pater, Keck Observatory