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Original - Uranus is the seventh planet in the solar system and the third-largest and fourth most massive planet in the Solar System.
Reason
High ev as lead image in main article. Its a good picture of the planet considering it is the farthest planet(pluto not planet anymore). This image was taken in 1986 just so people know its a little older
Articles in which this image appears
Uranus, etc... (lots)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
NASA
For comparison, File:Neptune Full.jpg shows many features. Nergaal (talk) 23:31, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Uranus has less surface features than Neptune, that is why this image doesn't have any surface features visible! As I understand it the features on Uranus are visible in the near infrared, you will never see much on a visible light image. - Zephyris Talk 10:28, 10 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Here is an exert from the article about it, "In 1986, images from Voyager 2 showed Uranus as a virtually featureless planet in visible light without the cloud bands or storms associated with the other giants". Spongie555 (talk) 03:55, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support good EV and decent image quality seeing as it is captured by a probe in 1986. Shows exactly what Uranus looks like. Furthermore, this is, as far as I know, the only high resolution picture of Uranus that Wikipedia has. Purpy Pupple (talk) 22:33, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
File:Uranus rings and moons.jpg Nergaal (talk) 00:24, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Uranus2.jpg Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 11:04, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]