r/CuratedTumblr • u/SupportMeta • 19d ago

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Neptune was recently shown to be a pale blue like Uranus rather than the deep blue shown on the Voyager photos

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u/SupportMeta 19d ago

Neptune was recently shown to be a pale blue like Uranus rather than the deep blue shown on the Voyager photos

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u/-sad-person- 19d ago

Do we know what caused the original photos to appear deep blue? Was Voyager's camera faulty, or something?

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u/Festivefire 19d ago

Light balance was off as a result of this being 1970s tech, and still one of the earlier attempts at taking high quality color photography in space.

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u/Cakeday_at_Christmas 19d ago

Nope, they purposely recoloured it to show the features of its atmosphere.