Neptune's Predominantly Blue Appearance Is Caused by

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Multiple Choice

Neptune's predominantly blue appearance is caused by

• A) preferential scattering away from the planet of the blue end of the solar spectrum, in a similar process to that operating in Earth's atmosphere.
• B) auroral emissions caused by solar wind particles exciting the atoms and molecules in Neptune's high atmosphere.
• C) the fact that solar light has lost much of its red light by scattering in the interplanetary medium at the distance of Neptune.
• D) absorption of the red end of the spectrum of reflected sunlight by the methane in its atmosphere.

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