Voyager 1 and 2 broke ground with amazing pictures. As their scientific lifespan nears its end, here are 18 pictures taken by the probes.
Story continuesSaturn's rings are shown in false color in a picture taken by a Voyager probe on August 23, 1981.Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons, is seen by Voyager.This picture, taken as the probe flew away, provided a unique view of the planet, letting us see the part in shadow.NASA/JPLVoyager 2 captured these images, in true colors and false-color of Neptune in 1986.Voyager 1 continued straight on and would not come across another planet on its journey out of the solar system.
But Voyager 2 kept on its exploration of our nearest planets, passing within 50,600 miles of Uranus in January 1986.Its pictures of Uranus' largest moons revealed their complicated geological past. It also uncovered 11 previously unseen moons.Voyager 2 was the first spacecraft to observe Neptune close up.
Neptune, seen in false color by Voyager 2 in 1989. Here's the red or white color means that the sunlight is going through a methane-rich atmosphere.A picture shows the blue Neptune in full.Triton, seen by Voyager 2 in 1989Another shows Triton's southern hemisphere.
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