The Kepler 2 mission serendipitously observed Neptune about a year ago.
The images were posted on the K2 website, but according to the website stat like nobody shared them, which sucks.
The animation was just shown at the Division for Planetary Sciences meeting, #DPS15, in DC so it is time to show it again.
Enjoy.
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