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Old 05-January-2007, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by ArgoNavis View Post
Jupiters colours are explained rather concisely here:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960803.html
Nice. Neptune is interesting because no one, apparently, knows why it is a deeper blue than Uranus. The only explaination so far seems to be due to a chromophore within the atmosphere of Neptune. [I haven't researched it much, however.]
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