# Describe the most representative photo/image of Uranus **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 14, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960 "2025-10-14T14:40:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oligArchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oligarchie/32/21546_2.png) [@oligArchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oligArchie)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960/1 "2025-10-14T14:40:07Z")
I have an image of Uranus in our guest bathroom. No one has ever commented on it. Not that I have a butt-ton of visitors or anything. Which probably explains most of ~~my~~ this problem. The image I have framed and displayed shows a turquoiseish-colored planet with vertical rings. Within the image are clouds of dust and stars in the background, artistic freedoms surely added by the artist to bless the image with some environmental _context_. The question is: which depiction of the planet (Uranus, that is) would be most recognizable to the general public? Perhaps this is really a lost cause, and the only chuckles I should look forward to are my own. I mean, other than the folks on this board, who is gonna know which planet -or even that it’s a planet- is on display. That’s not to overlook the question, “If not planet Uranus, which planet _would_ one display in their bathroom”. That question is also read as, “Isn’t an image of Uranus in a bathroom an obvious _joke_?” ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960/2 "2025-10-14T14:50:21Z")
I don’t think there is any such image that would work without an explicit caption. Quite few non-astronomy people could tell it apart from Neptune. And people just aren’t likely to analyze something without prompting. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960/3 "2025-10-14T14:55:09Z")
Is this your picture accentuating the slightly [visible ring formation around the planet](https://researchmatters.in/sites/researchmatters/files/styles/large_800w_scale/public/jupiter.png?itok=HyABnInB)? If not then the joke may not be obvious to most. I must admit that I didn’t realize that Uranus was so much turquoise that it appeared to be a water planet. I must be remembering Neptune as well. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960/4 "2025-10-14T16:03:40Z")
I’d just go with this… [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Life_on_Uranus.jpg/960px-Life_on_Uranus.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Life_on_Uranus.jpg/960px-Life_on_Uranus.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960/5 "2025-10-14T16:06:13Z")
Oh, no-I’m not falling for _that_ one again. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960/6 "2025-10-14T16:16:03Z")
Twelve year old me snort-laughed at this thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960/7 "2025-10-14T17:31:57Z")
This one is pretty representative: [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQAOVr_Sockk47zZgkUuUMMTpnnY3Zj0BDydA&s) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQAOVr_Sockk47zZgkUuUMMTpnnY3Zj0BDydA&s) This shows the building well enough [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRPPjbO-WEMMWsUyq-Pd69ob1GzWnmwpnK0fg&sq=tbn:ANd9GcTWb_19Lf_he21_pjIvr6Mc3l0e5qAUIbOVXA&s) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRPPjbO-WEMMWsUyq-Pd69ob1GzWnmwpnK0fg&sq=tbn:ANd9GcTWb_19Lf_he21_pjIvr6Mc3l0e5qAUIbOVXA&s) But when the wiener visits Uranus, now that gets the point across [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR0JgleFvLJFhru4HE5A_yW_Sl7oXrW9Ov0Yg&s) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR0JgleFvLJFhru4HE5A_yW_Sl7oXrW9Ov0Yg&s) On the other hand, this is the most representative image of the planet, because you just can’t see anything on a featureless gray-blue ball that far from the sun, and the rings are probably too dark to see with the naked eye if you were in orbit. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR9i4lu2lzA9bqTGaOifLBWxI-KKN1rg5_zfg&s) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR9i4lu2lzA9bqTGaOifLBWxI-KKN1rg5_zfg&s) I’d have a picture of Saturn, because, seriousy? A picture of Uranus in a bathroom is too obvious, ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960/8 "2025-10-14T17:35:06Z")
I’d only recognize it when it’s being circled by Klingons. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960/9 "2025-10-14T17:38:32Z")
There’s an angry sheep joke in here somewhere but I can’t quite pull it out. ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960/10 "2025-10-14T17:40:56Z")
Gotta show them rings. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960/11 "2025-10-14T17:45:16Z")
How about this one instead? [![](https://i.gyazo.com/704afbc75c674fbae001f138b1356339.jpg) ](https://i.gyazo.com/704afbc75c674fbae001f138b1356339.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960/12 "2025-10-14T19:46:45Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > On the other hand, this is the most representative image of the planet, because you just can’t see anything on a featureless gray-blue ball that far from the sun, and the rings are probably too dark to see with the naked eye if you were in orbit. Except that the rings in that image should be perpendicular to the way they’re shown. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960/13 "2025-10-14T19:49:11Z")
The picture is square. Put it in the frame rotated 90 degrees then hang it. Easy peasy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960/14 "2025-10-14T19:50:23Z")
But then it looks like the sun is shining on it from above or below… ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960/15 "2025-10-14T19:54:24Z")
Isn’t Uranus where the sun don’t shine? ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960/16 "2025-10-14T20:15:26Z")
FARNSWORTH: I’m sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all. FRY: Oh. What’s it called now? FARNSWORTH: Urectum. ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960/17 "2025-10-14T20:26:29Z")
Twelve?? He\*l, 73 y/o me snort-laughed at this thread title! 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960/18 "2025-10-14T21:32:46Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Put it in the frame rotated 90 degrees then hang it. Thanks for getting to the bottom of this problem. This should put an end to it. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960/19 "2025-10-14T23:05:29Z")
Where the ass meets the gasket I’m The Man. It always comes out alright. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960/20 "2025-10-14T23:50:43Z")
> [@GESancMan](#): > > Except that the rings in that image should be perpendicular to the way they’re shown. Yeah. The tilt is what makes it look like Uranus. The ring helps show the tilt. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960.md?page=2)