Voyager NASA 2 mkhathi wanika isintu ukusibona walo wokuqala Neptune nenyanga yayo Triton ehlobo lika 1989. Lolu isithombe Neptune banyathelisa kusukela yokugcina lonke planet izithombe ezithathwe ngokusebenzisa izihlungi eziluhlaza orange on the Voyager 2 emincane angle ikhamera. Imifanekiso baphuthunyiswe on Aug. 20, 1989, at ezahlukene 4.4 million miles kusukela iplanethi, 4 izinsuku 20 amahora ngaphambi ndlela abaseduze on Aug. 25. Isithombe sikhombisa Omkhulu Dark Spot kanye nomngane wawo smudge bright; nasentshonalanga ilungu le fast ezihambayo sici bright ebizwa “Scooter” kanti omncane endaweni emnyama iyabonakala. Lezi amafu zabonwa uphikelele for nje amakhamera Voyager sika ongaxazulula nabo. Enyakatho yale, ifu elikhanyayo band olufana eningizimu streak polar lingabonakala.

Ehlobo lika 2015, esinye mission NASA kuya zone kude komthala, Horizons ezintsha, kuyokwenza lokuqala close-up Ukutadisha mlando ka Pluto. Nakuba a flyby fast, Horizons ezintsha’ Pluto kuhlangana ngoJulayi 14, 2015, ngeke kube replay of Voyager kodwa ngaphezulu enye inkondlo elama le kanye sokuqalisa kabusha, ephethe mkhathi ezintsha yempucuko futhi, Okumqoka kakhulu, ukhonkolo ezintsha abalingiswa. Lezo abalingiswa kukhona Pluto nomndeni walo izinyanga ezinhlanu ezaziwayo, konke okuzokwenziwa kuyabonakala up close okokuqala kwehlobo ozayo.

Image Credit: NASA