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The Webb Space Telescope takes a striking image of Neptune

LOS ANGELES, CA -- AUGUST 14, 2013--Los Angeles Times photo editor Marc Martin.
By Marc Martin
Deputy Photo Editor, Assignment Desk Follow

Neptune has got the rings.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has provided an image of Neptune that shows the planet’s rings — the clearest view of the rings of this distant planet in more than 30 years.

NASA’s Voyager 2 became the first spacecraft to observe Neptune during its flyby in 1989. In addition to several bright, narrow rings, the Webb image clearly shows Neptune’s fainter dust bands.

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Marc Martin

Marc Martin is a deputy photo editor at the Los Angeles Times. He joined The Times in 2000 as a photo assignment editor in Orange County after four years as the director of photography at Times Community News. Martin, a former Times intern, holds a bachelor’s degree in photojournalism from Cal State Long Beach.

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