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  • Images of Uranus reveal ring, atmospheric fireworks

    11/29/2004 4:07:10 PM PST · by ambrose · 35 replies · 636+ views
    Images of Uranus reveal ring, atmospheric fireworks Date: Monday, November 15, 2004 @ 11:30 AM PST Topic: Space As summer draws to a close in the southern hemisphere of Uranus, storm clouds are brewing in the upper atmosphere, northern hemisphere winds are gusting to 250 miles per hour, and the planet's rings are getting brighter every day. This weather report comes from researchers using the Keck II 10-meter telescope atop Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii, where recent observations are proving that Uranus is not the ''boring and unchanging'' planet people have assumed. From University of California : Keck Telescope images...