Sometimes it's difficult to put things into perspective. I believe this is certainly the case with our place in our star system. Earth is such a wonderful little planet for us and then there are all these other wild extreme places nearby. We have sent and are sending spacecraft to visit them.
Originally launched in 1977, Voyager 2 is the only man-made spacecraft to pass by Uranus and Neptune. Back in 1989, it passed by the outer planet named after the Roman God of the Sea. An image showing a crescent Neptune and Triton was recently shown on NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. Check it out.
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