Explore Uranus's nightside and ring system in this computer animation of the Voyager 2 space probe passing the planet on its way out of the solar system

This computer animation shows the Voyager 2 space probe's encounter with the planet Uranus on January 24, 1986. As the spacecraft moves into the planet's nightside, Uranus's system of thin rings becomes increasingly visible. Near the end of the sequence, the distant Sun passes behind Uranus, while Voyager 2 begins to pull away on its trajectory out of the solar system.