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A color photo of Neptune captured by Voyager 2. The dark, lapis blue of the disk is striated with horizontal bands varying in darkness. Near the equator is the dark oval of a colossal storm, with a few light blue-white clouds at its southern edge.

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A color photo of Neptune captured by Voyager 2. The dark, lapis blue of the disk is striated with horizontal bands varying in darkness. Near the equator is the dark oval of a colossal storm, with a few light blue-white clouds at its southern edge.
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Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 26-Aug-2023 08:47:12 JST Robert McNees

Depending on your time zone, Voyager 2's closest approach to Neptune was either yesterday (the 24th) or #OTD in 1989. It took place around 4am UTC.
Here's a short thread with some great images captured by the probe, and some proposed cargo for a future mission. #ReturnToNeptune
(Definitely read this one to the end.)

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