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Neptune - August 31, 1989

View of Neptune from Voyager 2
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill
Published: August 31, 1989

A Voyager 2 view of Neptune processed by an amateur image processor. The image was taken on August 31st 1989 around 17:00 UTC by Voyager 2’s narrow angle camera.

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