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Bright Neptunian Clouds
Caption NASA:"This Voyager 2 HR Natural Color image, taken about two hours before closest approach, provides obvious evidence of vertical relief in Neptune's bright Cloud Streaks. These clouds were observed at a latitude of 29° North near Neptune's Eastern Terminator. The linear cloud forms are stretched approximately along lines of constant latitude and the Sun is toward the lower left. 
The bright sides of the clouds which face the sun are brighter than the surrounding cloud deck because they are more directly exposed to the Sun. 
Shadows can be seen on the side opposite the Sun. These shadows are less distinct at short wavelengths (violet filter) and more distince at long wavelengths (orange filter). This can be understood if the underlying cloud deck on which the shadow is cast is at a relatively great depth, in which case scattering by moleculres in the overlying Atmosphere will diffuse light into the shadow. Because molecules scatter blue light much more efficiently than red light, the shadows will be darkest at the longest (reddest) wavelengths, and will appear blue under white light illumination. 

The resolution of this image is roughly 11 Km (about 6,8 miles) per pixel and the range is only 157.000 Km (approx. 98.000 miles). The width of the Clouds Streaks range from about 50 to about 200 Km (approx. 31 to 124 miles), and their shadow widths range from about 30 to about 50 Km (approx. 18 up to 31 miles). Cloud heights appear to be of the order of approx. 50 Km (about 31 miles).
Parole chiave: Neptune

Bright Neptunian Clouds

Caption NASA:"This Voyager 2 HR Natural Color image, taken about two hours before closest approach, provides obvious evidence of vertical relief in Neptune's bright Cloud Streaks. These clouds were observed at a latitude of 29° North near Neptune's Eastern Terminator. The linear cloud forms are stretched approximately along lines of constant latitude and the Sun is toward the lower left.
The bright sides of the clouds which face the sun are brighter than the surrounding cloud deck because they are more directly exposed to the Sun.
Shadows can be seen on the side opposite the Sun. These shadows are less distinct at short wavelengths (violet filter) and more distince at long wavelengths (orange filter). This can be understood if the underlying cloud deck on which the shadow is cast is at a relatively great depth, in which case scattering by moleculres in the overlying Atmosphere will diffuse light into the shadow. Because molecules scatter blue light much more efficiently than red light, the shadows will be darkest at the longest (reddest) wavelengths, and will appear blue under white light illumination.

The resolution of this image is roughly 11 Km (about 6,8 miles) per pixel and the range is only 157.000 Km (approx. 98.000 miles). The width of the Clouds Streaks range from about 50 to about 200 Km (approx. 31 to 124 miles), and their shadow widths range from about 30 to about 50 Km (approx. 18 up to 31 miles). Cloud heights appear to be of the order of approx. 50 Km (about 31 miles).

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Nome album:MareKromium / Neptune and His Moons
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Data di inserimento:Ago 08, 2010
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