Title:[0857] Cloud movements in Uranus' atmosphere Caption:Time-lapse images show cloud movements in Uranus' atmosphere over 4.6-hour intervals. January 14, 1986; range, 8.0 million miles Copyright: Credit:National Optical Astronomy Observatories

Title:[0859] Crescent Uranus from Voyager 2 Caption:Farewell shot of crescent Uranus as Voyager 2 departs. January 25, 1986; range 600,000 miles Copyright: Credit:National Optical Astronomy Observatories

Title:[0856] False-color composite of Uranus Caption:False-color composite of Uranus shows discrete cloud. January 14, 1986; range, 8.0 million miles. Copyright: Credit:National Optical Astronomy Observatories

Title:[0855] Uranus in true and false colors Caption:Voyager 2 images of Uranus. The one on the left has been processed to appear as it would to the human eye while the one on the right uses false color to exaggerate subtle differences in the polar region of the planet. Copyright: Credit:National Optical Astronomy Observatories

Title:[0356] Uranus from 2.7 million km in false color Caption:This false-color picture of Uranus was obtained by Voyager 2 on 22 January 1986, when the spacecraft was 2.7 million kilometers (1.7 million miles) from the planet. This composite demonstrates the usefulness of special filters in the Voyager cameras for revealing the presence of high-altitude hazes in Uranus' atmosphere. The picture is a composite of images obtained through the single orange and two methane filters of Voyager's wide-angle camera. Orange, short wave-length and long wave-length methane images are displayed, respectively, as blue, green and orange. The pink area centered on the pole is due to the presence of hazes high in the atmosphere that reflect the light before it has traversed a long enough path through the atmosphere to suffer absorption by methane gas. The bluest regions at mid-latitude represent the most haze-free regions on Uranus; thus, deeper cloud levels can be detected in these areas. Copyright: Credit:NASA