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The Center for Earth and Planetary Studies (CEPS) houses a Planetary Image Facility containing hard copy images that act as a reference library in order to provide planetary science researchers with access to the extensive collection of image data obtained from planetary missions.

Uranus

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The Center for Earth and Planetary Studies (CEPS) houses a Planetary Image Facility containing hard copy images that act as a reference library in order to provide planetary science researchers with access to the extensive collection of image data obtained from planetary missions.

Uranus

  • Two images of Saturn next to each other. The image on the left taken 13 days before the one on the right. A spot of light is seen on the bottom of Uranus in the left image and moves toward the top of Uranus in the right image.
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    Aurorae on Uranus
    These are among the first clear images, taken from the distance of Earth, to show aurorae on the planet Uranus. Aurorae are produced when high-energy particles from the Sun cascade along magnetic field lines into a planet's upper atmosphere. This causes the planet's atmospheric gasses to fluoresce. The ultraviolet images were taken at the time of heightened solar activity in November 2011 that successively buffeted the Earth, Jupiter, and Uranus with a gusher of charged particles from the Sun. Because Uranus' magnetic field is inclined 59 degrees to its spin axis, the auroral spots appear far from the planet's north and south poles. This composite image combines 2011 Hubble observations of the aurorae in visible and ultraviolet light, 1986 Voyager 2 photos of the cyan disk of Uranus as seen in visible light, and 2011 Gemini Observatory observations of the faint ring system as seen in infrared light.

    NASA, ESA, and L. Lamy (Observatory of Paris, CNRS, CNES)

  • A close-up view of the ring system surrounding the core of Uranus.
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    Uranus Ring System
    This dramatic Voyager 2 picture reveals a continuous distribution of small particles throughout the Uranus ring system. Voyager took this image while in the shadow of Uranus, at a distance of 236,000 kilometers (142,000 miles and a resolution of about 33 km (20 ml). .

    NASA/JPL

  • A full disk view of Titania, a moon of Uranus. Multiple large fault canyons can be seen on the right side of the disk.
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    Uranus - Full-disk View of Titania
    Voyager 2 obtained this full-disk view of Uranus' moon Titania in the early morning hours of Jan. 24, 1986, from a distance of about 500,000 kilometers (300,000 miles).

    NASA/JPL

  • A hazy blueish orb against a dark background.
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    Uranus' Upper Atmosphere
    This computer enhancement of a Voyager 2 image, emphasizes the high-level haze in Uranus' upper atmosphere. Clouds are obscured by the overlying atmosphere.

    NASA/JPL/USGS

  • Two pictures of Uranus. The one on the left is solid blue and the one of the right has a gradient of colors from blue and moving into red by the center of the planet.
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    Uranus, towards the planet's pole of rotation
    These two pictures of Uranus were compiled from images recorded by Voyager 2 on Jan. 1O, 1986, when the NASA spacecraft was 18 million kilometers (11 million miles) from the planet.

    NASA/JPL

  • A close-up view of Ariel, a moon of Uranus, and some of its terrain with large craters creating lines
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    Complex Terrain on Ariel, Satellite of Uranus
    View of Ariel, a moon of Uranus, taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft on January 24, 1986.

    NASA/JPL

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  • Two images of Saturn next to each other. The image on the left taken 13 days before the one on the right. A spot of light is seen on the bottom of Uranus in the left image and moves toward the top of Uranus in the right image.
  • A close-up view of the ring system surrounding the core of Uranus.
  • A full disk view of Titania, a moon of Uranus. Multiple large fault canyons can be seen on the right side of the disk.
  • A hazy blueish orb against a dark background.
  • Two pictures of Uranus. The one on the left is solid blue and the one of the right has a gradient of colors from blue and moving into red by the center of the planet.
  • A close-up view of Ariel, a moon of Uranus, and some of its terrain with large craters creating lines

Holdings

Voyager 2

  • Press Release Photography
  • Images of Uranus, its Rings and Satellites
  • Press Release Photography

Cartographic Products

Shaded Relief Maps

Pictorial Maps of Satellites

  • 1:25,000,000 - preliminary

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Additional Resources

About Uranus

Spacecraft/Missions

Online Imagery

Please Note: The facility does not sell imagery and cannot provide reproduction services. A guide to Resources for Earth and Planetary Research is available to also help individuals find available imagery online.