Alcohol Consumption and Hypertension. Several mechanisms have been proposed for the relationship between alcohol and elevated BP. An immediate effect of alcohol ingestion is vasodilation in some vascular beds. Sustained intake accompanied by high blood alcohol levels, however, results in short-term elevation of BP.
Uranus is a pale blue in this natural color image because its visible atmosphere contains methane gas and few aerosols or clouds. Blue Orb on the Horizon. 1  A recent NASA Hubble Space Telescope view reveals Uranus surrounded by its four major rings and by 10 of its 17 known satellites.his false-color view of the rings of Uranus was made from images taken by Voyager 2 on Jan. 21, 1986, from a distance of 4.17 million kilometers (2.59 million miles).
Uranus Facts. 1  Uranus Is Named after the Greek God Ouranus. 2  Uranus Needs 84 Earth Years to Orbit the Sun. 3  Uranus Is 63 Times Bigger and 15 Times Heavier than Earth. 4  Uranus Is the Coldest Planet in the Solar System. 5  Uranus Is Very Different from Earth. 6  Titania Is the Largest Moon of Uranus. Of the 27 moons around Uranus, 5 are considered to be major moons and Titania is the biggest of them all. Its radius is approximately 788 km (about one eighth of Earthâs) and its gravity is almost 30 times less than Earthâs.