FOR RELEASE: January 22, 2004
PHOTO NO.: STScI-PRC04-05
THE COLORFUL LIVES OF THE OUTER PLANETS
Atmospheric features on Uranus and Neptune are revealed in images
taken with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph and the
Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
A wider view of Uranus reveals the planet's faint rings and several
of its satellites. The observations were taken in August 2003.
Image credit: NASA and Erich Karkoschka, University of Arizona
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