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South Pole of Neptune

South Pole of Neptune
South Pole of Neptune As Voyager 2 flew past Neptune, it saw high, white clouds swirling around a faint vortex at the planet’s south pole. The clouds cast shadows on the blue atmosphere below. The serene faces of the solar system’s ice giants mask high-speed winds in atmospheres as dynamic as those of Saturn and Jupiter. NASA / JPL-Caltech / Daniel Macháček