• Rings of Neptune
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    Two exposures with Neptune blacked out (center) were used to make this image of the ring system of Neptune. Neptune's rings were once thought to be incomplete arcs, but Voyager 2 discovered at least 3 new rings and imaged the complete rings. These images were made from a pair of 10-minute exposures while the Sun was behind Neptune, and faint ring particles were being lit from the back.
  • Rings of Neptune

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