Voyager 2 approach image of Triton
Taken on August 21, 1989, four days before Voyager 2's closest
approach to Neptune, this was one of the first images to show
surface features on Neptune's largest moon, Triton.
Credit: NASA / JPL / color composite by Ted Stryk
Source:
A Distant View of Triton
Planetary Society | Ted Stryk | 2012 Aug 29
Montage: Neptune and Triton
This computer generated montage shows Neptune as it would appear
from a spacecraft approaching Triton, Neptune's largest moon. The
wind and sublimation eroded south polar cap of Triton is shown at the
bottom of the Triton image, a cryovolcanic terrain at the upper right,
and the enigmatic "cantaloupe terrain" at the upper left. Voyager 2
flew by Triton and Neptune on Aug. 29, 1989.
(Credit: NASA)
Source: NASA IOTD | 2012 Aug 29
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Voyager 2 approach image of Triton
Taken on August 21, 1989, four days before Voyager 2's closest
approach to Neptune, this was one of the first images to show
surface features on Neptune's largest moon, Triton.
Credit: NASA / JPL / color composite by Ted Stryk
Source: [url=http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/3198.html][b][i]A Distant View of Triton[/i][/b][/url]
Planetary Society | Ted Stryk | 2012 Aug 29[/float][float=right][attachment=0]682377main_neptune_triton_1000.jpg[/attachment]
[url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2344.html][b][i]Montage: Neptune and Triton[/i][/b][/url]
This computer generated montage shows Neptune as it would appear
from a spacecraft approaching Triton, Neptune's largest moon. The
wind and sublimation eroded south polar cap of Triton is shown at the
bottom of the Triton image, a cryovolcanic terrain at the upper right,
and the enigmatic "cantaloupe terrain" at the upper left. Voyager 2
flew by Triton and Neptune on Aug. 29, 1989. [i](Credit: NASA)[/i]
Source: NASA IOTD | 2012 Aug 29[/float]