The planet Neptune looks blue because of the methane gas in the atmosphere.
The methane absorbs the red spectrum from the dim sunlight that reaches Neptune and reflects the blue spectrum. This gives the impression to us that Neptune is a blue planet.
Whether Neptune really is blue or whether it's just an illusion caused entirely by reflected light is open for debate.
Neptune is blue, yes because of gases, but also because there is water on Neptune. Trust me, I studied Neptune when I was younger and I used to teach Science.
it is dat color cuz of the gazs in its atmosphere
Frozen methane gas and ice gives it its color.
Neptune is covered with a blue ocean of liquid methane. It is very cold place - at the farthest part of its orbit it is 4,000 million km from the Sun.
Mercury does not look blue. Mercury is a red-ish grey.
Neptune appears blue because of the methane gasses in its atmosphere reflecting back the blue spectrum in the dim sunlight.
Neptune is a kind of sky-blue color.
Probably of it's deep blue color
It isn't. Neptune's blue color is due to the presence of methane.
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It is supposed that the blue color of Neptune it is due to the presence of methane.
Neptune is a kind of sky-blue color.
I guess this means: Methane gives which planet its distinctive blue-green color? Methane gives Neptune its distinctive blue-green color. I'm not so sure about that. I think Uranus is that color, but Neptune is more blue than blue-green. You read different things in different books though. Neptune has Methane in its atmosphere too.
No. Uranus and Neptune owe their blue color primarily to the presence of methane.
The planet Neptune is Blue. See Related Links for an image of this planet. Neptune is light blue but looks dark blue due to the affects of Methane gas.
Probably of it's deep blue color
It isn't. Neptune's blue color is due to the presence of methane.
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