Evolution of thermal images from Neptune
The evolution of thermal images taken from Neptune using the VLT’s VISIR instrument. The images, taken between 2006 and 2021, show Neptune gradually cooling down, before a dramatic heating of its south pole in the last few years.
Credit:ESO/M. Roman
About the Video
| Id: | eso2206a |
| Release date: | 11 April 2022, 11:00 |
| Related releases: | eso2206 |
| Duration: | 05 s |
| Frame rate: | 10 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | Neptune |
| Type: | Solar System : Planet : Feature : Atmosphere |
| Category: | Solar System |
