1/2 August 31, 1989: Stunning OGV (Orange, Green, Violet filter) color image of Neptune and Triton, taken as Voyager 2 departed the Neptune system. ➡️ www.flickr.com/photos/13216... Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Voyager-ISS/Justin Cowart 🔭 🧪 #histsci #planetsci #science
Cool! 🌙
2/2 Thought of the day, inspired by images like this. "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." (Sharon Begley) Let's use our creativity, energy and humanity for purposes that make us better.
I will never forget when the raw image first appeared on a TV screen at JPL. We knew it was one of the last pictures we’d ever see from Voyager. 24 hrs earlier we saw the smoker plumes from nitrogen geysers on Triton. The stereo images of the towering plumes blew my mind 🤯. SAVE NASA SCIENCE!
They were inspiring times.