Multiple Choice
What gives Uranus its blue-green coloration?
A) Absorption of blue and green sunlight by ammonia gas
B) Emission of spectral lines in the blue and green by ethane and propane,excited by solar UV radiation
C) Continuous emissions from aurorae in the upper planetary atmosphere
D) Absorption of the red sunlight by methane gas
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