Search results
Voyager 2 raw image of Neptune's satellite Triton taken from roughly 500,000 km. Evidence of complex surface features can be seen from this distance. At 2,700 km diameter, Triton is by far Neptune's largest moon. The image was taken through the orange filter of the narrow angle camera.
Refine this list of images by: Target: Mission: Instrument: Click on an image for detailed information. Click on a column heading to sort in ascending or descending order.
False-color image of Neptune's moon, Triton, taken by Voyager 2 two days before closest approach. At 2,700 km diameter, Triton is Neptune's largest satellite.
19 sie 1999 · Voyager 2 obtained this color image of Triton at a distance of 4 million kilometers (2.5 million miles) at 1 a.m. PDT on Aug. 22, 1989. The picture was made by combining images taken through the green, clear and violet filters. The smallest features seen are about 74 kilometers (46 miles) across.
8 sie 1999 · NASA's Voyager 2 took this picture of Neptune's largest satellite,Triton, from less than 80,000 km (50,000 miles). The image shows an area in Triton's northern hemisphere. The Sun is just above the horizon, so features cast shadows that accentuate height
Voyager 2 image showing the southern hemisphere of Triton. At 2,700 km diameter, Triton is Neptune's largest satellite. This image was made using about a dozen Voyager 2 frames. The large, pinkish colored south polar cap is at the bottom of the image.
The picture is a composite of images taken from a distance of almost 5 million km as Voyager 2 flew southward at an angle of 48 degrees to the ecliptic after its encounter with Neptune, the final encounter of its journey through the solar system.
