The Solar System and Its Place in the Galaxy 11
FIGURE 3 The jovian planets: the complex, belted atmosphere of Jupiter with the Great Red
Spot at the lower center, as photographed byCassiniduring its gravity assist flyby in 2000 (top
left); Saturn and its beautiful ring system, as photographed byCassiniin 2005 (top right); the
featureless atmosphere of Uranus, obscured by a high-altitude methane haze, as imaged by
Voyager 2in 1986 (bottom left); several large storm systems and a banded structure, similar to
that of Jupiter, in Neptune’s atmosphere, as photographed byVoyager 2in 1989 (bottom right).