--- title: 10 Best Photos Taken By Voyager 2 description: Twenty-five years ago today the Voyager 2 spacecraft flew past Neptune, the furthest planet from the sun. The craft, which has been in operation for over thirty-seven years, continues to transmit data back to earth canonical: https://time.com/3173764/voyager-2-spacecraft-nasa/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-25T15:18:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:50.260Z article:section: Science og:title: See The 10 Best Photos Taken From The Voyager 2 Spacecraft og:description: Twenty-five years ago today the Voyager 2 spacecraft flew past Neptune, the furthest planet from the sun. 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This color composite image has been processed to exaggerate color differences within the naturally colorful Jovian atmosphere on on June 28, 1979 from the Voyager 2 spacecraft. Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Aug 25, 2014 3:18 PM UTC  An enhanced color image of Saturn's rings taken from the Voyager 2 spacecraft on Aug. 1981. Space Frontiers/Getty Images  View of volcanic eruptions of Pele on Jupiter's moon Io taken from the Voyager 2 spacecraft. NASA/Getty Images  The clear ring structure of Saturn can be seen in this image taken form the Voyager 2 spacecraft on Jan. 1\. 1981. Science & Society Picture Library/SSPL/Getty Images  Image of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and south equatorial belt taken from the Voyager 2 spacecraft on July 3, 1979. Time Life Pictures/Getty Images  This color image of the Jovian moon Europa was taken from the Voyager 2 spacecraft on July 9, 1979. Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty Images  This 'true color' image of Saturn was taken from the Voyager 2 spacecraft 21 million miles away from the planet on July 21, 1981. NASA  The site of an impact on the icy surface of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, can be see in this image taken from the Voyager 2 spacecraft on Jan. 1, 1979. Science & Society Picture Library/SSPL/Getty Images  Neptune's largest satellite Triton taken from the Voyager 2 spacecraft. NASA  A color image of Neptune's Great Dark Spot, accompanied by white high-altitude clouds taken from the Voyager 2 spacecraft. NASA  This color composite image has been processed to exaggerate color differences within the naturally colorful Jovian atmosphere on on June 28, 1979 from the Voyager 2 spacecraft. 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