And it was able to take such good photographs because of a fairly rare planetary alignment that allowed for three gravitational slingshots.
The last time this happened, Thomas Jefferson was president, and he blew it.
Yeah he really screwed up the Australian space agency and put us on the back foot.
there are many things besides pixel count.
i bet it was a hell of a 0.6mp camera to be able to snap that good of a pic of a planet literally in the middle of space
Photography advice threads: “zoom with your feet!”
Scientists: “…ok.”
I mean, does Neptune have oil???
We might need a little more to finish destroying our sole, communal habitat. Anything worth doing is worth doing well!
it’s got diamond rain, man.
oh… a-and thousand mph wind.
it’s got diamond rain, man.
Keep that shit down, or the US will have to “bring freedom” to Neptune.
Diamonds aren’t actually worth that much. It has a very troubled history involving exploitation and slavery among other disturbing subjects. The price is kept artificially high by a huge cartel and good marketing saying artificial diamonds aren’t as good as the “real” diamonds. In reality artificial diamonds are better in every way, but I guess it’s the slavery that adds that je ne sais quoi.
It’s just become steeped in tradition, and sorry to be a stereotypical edgelord and quote Rick Sanchez but scientifically, traditions are an idiot thing.
There is something to be said for diamonds as everyday jewelry; being the hardest material out there makes them hella durable.
But, jewelry is 100% a complete scam.
in what way is jewlwey a scam? it looks nice
Does it though?
Well, tradition is opposed to the scientific method, which advocates constantly reassessing what you think you know, if that’s what you meant.
what is je ne sais quoi
Literally ‘I don’t know what’, it means a special something that gives a thing a unique charm.
i see, thank you
Bunch of diamonds tossed around in 1000 mph winds, what could be the worst that happens…
And on top of that we’ve only seen a false color version of that image for a long time, leading us to believe that it’s a much deeper blue than Uranus.
Well that makes sense, my anus isn’t blue at all.
The Uranus images are also very poor.
https://www.planetary.org/articles/1210-revisiting-uranus-with-voyager-2
Are there any good voyager 2 documentaries that anyone would recommend? Looking at the pic of Neptune and damn it’s crazy that they sent them so far and got great results
I quite liked Astrums cover of Voy 1 and 2.
At least we have 4k photos of Ur anus.
We need to go back!
