Uranus and Neptune always seem slightly special to me because despite looking pretty boring compared to Jupiter. I just like that they seem to actually have something akin to a "surface", even if it would probably be a crazy hot "ocean" possibly including crazy things like giant diamonds. That always seemed cooler to me than Jupiter or Saturn being just being gas all the way down.(Even if metallic hydrogen might be kinda cool)Presto posted:I remember Uranus being kind of a letdown. Jupiter and Saturn had gotten everyone used to exciting pictures of roiling atmospheres and complex ring systems, and then Voyager 2 gets to Uranus and the planet is like "hello ". If I recall, it's been theorized that Uranus happened to be in an extra boring period weather wise and typically has a bit more going on than it did when voyager 2 visited it. The hubble pictures seem to show cloud formations and storms, but obviously in much less detail than a probe would have seen on encounter.
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