Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Triton flyby...

Triton flyby...  The just-released movie at right shows a robotic space explorer's flyby of Triton, Neptune's moon.  If you follow these things, as I do, you might be startled to hear that, as there are currently no explorers anywhere near Neptune!  The movie was made from a collection of still photos taken by Voyager 2, in 1989, as it zoomed past Neptune on its way to interstellar space.  Via APOD, of course...

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