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Pictures of Neptune's Great Dark Spot
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Picture of the Great Dark Spot by Voyager. The white clouds around the Great Dark Spot suggests that the Great Dark Spot rotates counterclockwise.
Photograph of Neptune by Voyager 2. The Great Dark Spot is visible at the top of the photo. Close to this dark spot are some bright, white clouds. Dark Spot 2 is near the bottom of this picture - with the bright center.Below The Great Dark Spot is a bright spot nicknamed Scooter. These spots move at different speeds across Neptune and are only occasionally in line like this.
Pictures of the changes of Neptune's Great Dark Spot over a 4.5 days period. These pictures show how the Great Dark Spot changes at intervals of about 18 hours.
Picture by the Voyager 2 spacecraft of the Great Dark Spot (GDS) on Neptune. The Great Dark Spot is about the same size as the Earth and is composed of frozen methane. These two photographs were taken hours apart to show how rapidly the clouds on Neptune changes.
A detailed picture of Neptune's small dark spot (D2) by Voyager 2 in 1989.
The direction that the V-shaped structure near the right-hand edge of the bright spot area points to, might indicate that Neptune's small dark spot rotates clockwise.
Some questions about these pictures of the planet Neptune's Great Dark Spot
Lets see what you have learned from these pictures ...
- What is Scooter?
- Name the two spots on the planet Neptune.
- What are these spots made of?
All images are courtesy NASA/JPL except where stated otherwise.
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This page was last updated on: August 9, 2001
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