Well, isn't Neptune a beautiful shade of blue? That lovely hue comes from a combination of gases in its atmosphere, like methane, which absorbs red light and reflects blue light back out into space. Just like using different colors to paint a beautiful scene, nature on Neptune mixes just the right elements to give us a masterpiece of a planet.
Earth is often called the "Blue Planet". Its surface is mostly covered in water (around 71%). Neptune appears blue because of methane gas in its atmosphere. Uranus is also blue, although the color is lighter (closer to aquamarine).
No. Uranus and Neptune owe their blue color primarily to the presence of methane.
Neptune appears blue due to the presence of methane in its atmosphere that absorbs red light and scatters blue light.
Uranus&Neptune
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.
Neptune is BOTH
Uranus is a greenish blue, and Neptune is blue.
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.
Why is Neptune blue? Neptune
Neptune is named that because Neptune is the god of the sea and the sea is blue. Neptune is also blue. Comment: That can't be the answer though, because they didn't know that the planet was blue at the time it was named.
Neptune's vision is blue and it is the 8th planet. There is Neptune because it is a planet.
Neptune is blue.
No. Neptune is blue, due to methane gasses.
Neptune is a Greek god and he is blue
Neptune's atmosphere is blue but it has some clouds. They are like white streaks and are scattered all over the planet Neptune.
Neptune's atmosphere is made up of hydrogen, helium and methane. The methane in Neptune's upper atmosphere absorbs the red light from the sun but reflects the blue light from the sun back into space. This is why Neptune appears blue.
Saturn not blue, but Uranus and Neptune are blue.