Uranus
This image of Uranus, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and newly released by NASA, reveals the planet’s extreme and unique rotational tilt.
Clearly visible is a huge storm called the polar cloud cap: a hood that slowly grows and shrinks in response to seasonal changes in atmospheric flows across the giant ice planet.
Originally published by Cosmos as Uranus is extremely cold
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