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Triton
Image of Triton, Neptune's largest satellite, captured by a camera aboard Voyager 2, 1989.
On Triton, active geyserlike plumes erupt and carry entrained dust particles to heights of approximately 8 km (5 miles). Once at this altitude, the dust is transported downwind as far as 150 km (90 miles).1