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Neptune isn't as blue as you think, and these new images of the planet prove it
(www.livescience.com)
No don't let them ruin another blue planet
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Damn this is actually upsetting, Neptune is my second favorite planet because of those Voyager pics, that deep blue with white clouds is just iconic.
Still not as bland as Uranus, but damn what a downgrade.
Fr. It's so sad neptune isn't a big blue marble.
Never thought it was blue, tbh. Always assumed it was a greenish-blue or cyan, like in this picture:
Turns out it's not either. More creamy pale greenish blue.
This is just a conspiracy by the solar system poster industry to print new posters
It does look a bit more like an "ice giant" now rather than the oversaturated tropical blue oasis vibe of the older picture.
It blows my mind that we didn't know true colors of a planet in our solar system for that long.
the fact we know there are planets at all blows my mind a lil bit
like we can aim a tube with a precision crafted piece of glass to see big balls in the sky??
the artificially saturated color was known at the time amongst planetary scientistsβββand the images were released with captions explaining it
We did know. Somewhere along the way, the context of the pretty picture was lost.
I'm going to pretend I didn't see this so I can love and cherish the blueness of it for all my mortal time.
Uranus got bleached too.
damn, the universe really be seeming more and more mid
This is what life is now. One by one, every little piece of wonder being ripped away that makes the universe feel magical. I could've never imagined that someone could change what a planet looks like. You should not have posted this OP, it made me feel a bit depressed.
That's a weird takeaway from this. I rather took it as a reminder that even in our own solar system, there's still surprises waiting for us, and there's so much more to explore. Doesn't take away from the wonder at all for me.
Eh, I guess learning about the solar system was something that I was really bewondered by especially as a child. And the unique, iconic deep blue I've grown to know is just part of the fundamental things of how the world should be. It is cool that we continue to find new things but it's also a bit more bland and less special as a result. More of an emotional thought than a rational one.
Wow nice