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Here are some stunning Uranus wallpapers. You can make any of these images into your computer desktop wallpaper. Just click on an image to enlarge it, and then choose “Set as Desktop Background”.
Hubble's Uranus
This is a nice picture of the planet Uranus. The NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope took this photo on January 1, 2006. Uranus is the third largest planet in the solar system.
Rings of Uranus
This is a nice false-color image of Uranus with its rings generated using the images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope’s Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer on August 8, 1998.
Crescent Planet
This is an image of planet Uranus taken from the Voyager 2 spacecraft on January 25, 1986. Uranus is such an interesting planet because during the ancient times, it wasn’t recognized as a planet due to its dimness and slow orbit.
Uranus and Ariel
Here’s a nice image of the planet Uranus together with its moon, Ariel (white dot in the image). This photo was taken by the NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The planet Uranus is the first planet discovered using a telescope.
Clouds on Uranus
Here’s another great image of planet Uranus as seen by the Near Infrared and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) onboard the NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
We have written many articles about Uranus for Universe Today. Here’s an article about the weather on Uranus, and here’s an article about water on Uranus.
If you’d like more info on Uranus, check out Hubblesite’s News Releases about Uranus. And here’s a link to the NASA’s Solar System Exploration Guide to Uranus.
We’ve also recorded an episode of Astronomy Cast all about Uranus. Listen here, Episode 62: Uranus.
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