This image of Neptune was taken with the Palomar Observatory's 200-inch Hale Telescope and its Adaptive Optics system.
The Adaptive Optics system removes the blurring effects of Earth's atmosphere to produce very high resolution images.
The image was recorded in 3 wavelengths of near-infrared light that were then combined to create this false-color image.
Clouds can be seen at Neptune's northern limb, and in several bands at mid-southern latitudes. Some clouds appear higher
than others, showing up as pink in this image.
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