ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoNeptune isn't as blue as you think, and these new images of the planet prove itwww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down13
arrow-up1192arrow-down1external-linkNeptune isn't as blue as you think, and these new images of the planet prove itwww.livescience.comZeroCool@slrpnk.net to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareMatriks404@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·11 months agoIt blows my mind that we didn’t know true colors of a planet in our solar system for that long.
minus-squareSheeEttin@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months ago the artificially saturated color was known at the time amongst planetary scientists — and the images were released with captions explaining it We did know. Somewhere along the way, the context of the pretty picture was lost.
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 months agothe fact we know there are planets at all blows my mind a lil bit like we can aim a tube with a precision crafted piece of glass to see big balls in the sky??
It blows my mind that we didn’t know true colors of a planet in our solar system for that long.
We did know. Somewhere along the way, the context of the pretty picture was lost.
the fact we know there are planets at all blows my mind a lil bit
like we can aim a tube with a precision crafted piece of glass to see big balls in the sky??