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Image caption: Voyager 2 Narrow Angle Camera image of Neptune taken in August 1989. The Great Dark Spot, flanked by cirrus clouds, is at center. A smaller dark storm, Dark Spot Jr., is rotating into view at bottom left. Additionally, a patch of white cirrus clouds to its north, named "Scooter" for its rapid motion relative to other features, is visible.
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Image credit: NASA / JPL / Voyager-ISS / Justin Cowart Credit Link
Related glossary terms: Giant Planet , Ice Giant , Neptune , Outer Planets
Categories: Solar System

Image license: Public Domain Public Domain icons

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Captions in Different Languages:

Arabic
Image caption: صورة للكوكب نبتون بواسطة المسبار الفضائي فوياجر 2 تم التقاطها بكاميرا ذات زاوية ضيقة
في أب 1989. تُظهر الصورة عدة ملامح منها البقعة المظلمة العظيمة في المركز محاطة بالسحب الدائرية الرقيقة، عاصفة مظلمة صغيرة، بقعة مظلمة صغيرة تدورفي الاسفل (على يسار المشاهد). بالإضافة إلى ذلك ، يمكن رؤية بقعة من السحب البيضاء الرقيقة في شمال الكوكب في الاعلى تسمى "سكوتر-الدراجة الصغيرة" لحركتها السريعة مقارنة بالظواهر الاخرى الظاهرة في الصورة.
Image credit: حقوق الصورة تعود الى: وكالة ناسا الفضائية / مختبر الدفع النفاث / فوييجر-آي إس إس / جاستن كاوارت
Related glossary terms: Giant Planet , Ice Giant , Neptune , Outer Planets
Caption translation status: Approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Ali Al-Edhari
Caption reviewers: Ahmed Abulwfa, Ahmad Abushattal

French
Image caption: Image de Neptune prise par la caméra à champ étroit de Voyager 2 en août 1989. La Grande Tâche Sombre, accompagnée de cirrus, est au centre. Une plus petite tempête, Dark Spot Jr, est visible en rotation en bas à gauche. De plus, un ensemble de cirrus blancs au nord, appelé "Scooter" à cause de son mouvement rapide par rapport aux autres structures, est visible.
Image credit: NASA / JPL / Voyager-ISS / Justin Cowart
Related glossary terms: Giant Planet , Géante de glace , Neptune , Planètes extérieures
Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Gilles Remy
Caption reviewers: Christophe Hermant

Italian
Image caption: Immagine di Nettuno ripresa dalla telecamera ad angolo ristretto del Voyager 2 nell'agosto 1989. La Grande Macchia Scura, fiancheggiata da cirri, è al centro. Una tempesta scura più piccola, la Macchia Scura Junior, sta entrando nella visuale dal basso a sinistra ruotando. Inoltre, è visibile una macchia di cirri bianchi a nord, chiamata "Scooter" per il suo rapido movimento rispetto agli altri elementi.
Image credit: NASA / JPL / Voyager-ISS / Justin Cowart
Related glossary terms: Gigante di ghiaccio , Nettuno , Pianeta gigante , Pianeti esterni
Caption translation status: Approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Giuliana Giobbi
Caption reviewers: Rosa Valiante, Silvia Casu, Rodolfo Canestrari

Simplified Chinese
Image caption: 旅行者 2 号窄角相机 1989 年 8 月拍摄的海王星图像。中央是大黑斑,周围被卷云环绕。左下方是一个较小的黑风暴,即小黑斑,正在旋转进入视野。此外,还可以看到其北面的一片白色卷云,因其相对于其他特征的快速移动而被命名为 "Scooter" 。
Image credit: 美国国家航空航天局 / 喷气推进实验室 / 旅行者号-国际空间站 / 贾斯廷·科沃特
Related glossary terms: 冰雪巨人 , 外行星 , 巨行星 , 海神
Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Xiao Jingyu

Traditional Chinese
Image caption: 旅行者 2 號窄角相機 1989 年 8 月拍攝的海王星圖像。中央是大黑斑,周圍被卷雲環繞。左下方是一個較小的黑風暴,即小黑斑,正在旋轉進入視野。此外,還可以看到其北面的一片白色卷雲,因其相對於其他特徵的快速移動而被命名為 "Scooter" 。
Image credit: 美國國家航空航天局 / 噴氣推進實驗室 / 旅行者號-國際空間站 / 賈斯廷·科沃特
Related glossary terms: 冰雪巨人 , 外行星 , 巨行星 , 海神
Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: An automated transliteration from the simplified Chinese translation by - Xiao Jingyu