# Eight great photos of Uranus **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 13, 2011, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-great-photos-of-uranus/585292 "2011-06-13T05:18:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-great-photos-of-uranus/585292/1 "2011-06-13T05:18:39Z")
> **[Space](https://www.treehugger.com/space-4846042)** > > Learn all about outer space: the stars, the planets, the sun and moon, and the many discoveries humans have made in the universe beyond. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-great-photos-of-uranus/585292/2 "2011-06-13T05:35:49Z")
Ooh, Uranus is pretty! ---
**Author:** ![Implicit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Implicit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Implicit)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-great-photos-of-uranus/585292/3 "2011-06-13T05:43:40Z")
Whew, I thought this was another Weiner thread. The second picture showing the ultraviolet imagery is nifty. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-great-photos-of-uranus/585292/4 "2011-06-13T06:00:38Z")
Dammit! I thought I closed those curtains! ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-great-photos-of-uranus/585292/5 "2011-06-13T06:14:17Z")
Wow, Uranus is big and gassy… ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-great-photos-of-uranus/585292/6 "2011-06-13T06:25:31Z")
I wonder what those spots are doing all over Uranus? They don’t look good… ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-great-photos-of-uranus/585292/7 "2011-06-13T06:43:56Z")
ITS A TRAP!!! Oh wait, no. It is actually pictures of the planet. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-great-photos-of-uranus/585292/8 "2011-06-13T13:06:08Z")
There’s an _error_ in those captions. Photo 3 of 9 says “Because **Neptune is at such an extreme axial tilt** , the planet experiences different and sometimes violent seasons.” [Bolding mine.] But they surely mean Uranus, not Neptune. Wikipedia on the axial tilt of each planet: > [@](#): > > Uranus has an axial tilt of 97.77 degrees, so its axis of rotation is approximately parallel with the plane of the Solar System. This gives it seasonal changes completely unlike those of the other major planets. > [@](#): > > The axial tilt of Neptune is 28.32°,[91] which is similar to the tilts of Earth (23°) and Mars (25°). As a result, this planet experiences similar seasonal changes. The long orbital period of Neptune means that the seasons last for forty Earth years.[76] Its sidereal rotation period (day) is roughly 16.11 hours.[5] Since its axial tilt is comparable to the Earth’s, the variation in the length of its day over the course of its long year is not any more extreme. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-great-photos-of-uranus/585292/9 "2011-06-13T16:49:22Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > ITS A TRAP!!! > > Oh wait, no. It is actually pictures of the planet. This would be a kind of perfect thread to rickroll people into clicking on a picture of goatse. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-great-photos-of-uranus/585292/10 "2011-06-13T17:10:40Z")
Photos? Sure that’s what the want you to believe. I bet they were just photoshopped dodge balls 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-great-photos-of-uranus/585292/11 "2011-06-13T18:16:44Z")
Hmmm, A. Weiner or Uranus. What to do…