Neptune in sky of Triton, based on first Voyager images cosmographica home
Plumes of dust entrained in geysers of nitrogen rise high above the surface of Neptune's moon Triton. Commisioned by Griffith Observatory for an exhibit. Digital painting © 2007 Don Dixon/cosmographica.com
Neptune from Triton
Neptune in the sky of its large moon Triton; acrylic and goache on illustration board ; 1974. © Don Dixon
Migration of Neptune's Orbit, version 1
Passing comets perturb the orbit of the planet Neptune during the formation of the solar system. In the distance, a halo of comets swarm about the newborn sun - digital, for Scientific American, 2000, © Don Dixon
Neptune Rings Diagram
Neptune's system of dark, tenuous rings is barely visible