"Although the familiar Voyager 2 images of Uranus were published in a form closer to 'true' color, those of Neptune were, in fact, stretched and enhanced, and therefore made artificially too blue.

Why it's so special: Only one spacecraft has ever visited the eighth and most distant planet from the sun. On Aug. 25, 1989, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft took the first-ever close-up images of Neptune.

The images of Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, and Neptune, the eighth planet, were collected in 1986 and 1989, respectively, as NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft headed out of the solar system.

Uranus appeared to be a pale cyan color, while Neptune was depicted as a striking deep blue. Voyager 2 captured images of each planet in separate colors, and the single-color images were combined ...

In addition, the early Neptune images from Voyager 2 were strongly contrast enhanced to better reveal the clouds, bands, and winds that shape our modern perspective of Neptune. Professor Irwin ...

A unique view: These pictures of Neptune were obtained by NASA Voyager 2 on April 26,1989. The picture on the top was taken five hours after that at bottom, during which time the planet rotated ...

A unique view: These pictures of Neptune were obtained by NASA Voyager 2 on April 26,1989. The picture on the top was taken five hours after that at bottom, during which time the planet rotated ...

The pictures taken in July show not ... when the first stars and galaxies were forming. NASA's Voyager 2 was the first spacecraft to see Neptune in all its gaseous glory, during a 1989 flyby.

scientists reprocessed the images of Neptune from the Voyager 2 mission to reveal the planet’s true colors. Patrick Irwin Neptune is named after the god of the ocean for its azure coat ...

"Although the familiar Voyager 2 images of Uranus were published in a form closer to 'true' color, those of Neptune were, in fact, stretched and enhanced, and therefore made artificially too blue ...

New images from the space-based observatory offer a novel view of the planet in infrared. By Jonathan O’Callaghan No spacecraft has visited Neptune since 1989, when the NASA probe Voyager 2 flew ...