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A color photo of Neptune’s moon Triton, captured by Voyager 2. It is pinkish-tan in color, with shadows from mountainous terrain near the bottom of the disk and a white spray of lighter material across the equator.

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A color photo of Neptune’s moon Triton, captured by Voyager 2. It is pinkish-tan in color, with shadows from mountainous terrain near the bottom of the disk and a white spray of lighter material across the equator.
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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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