BACKGROUND: STRIKING ASYMMETRIES IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF URANUS BECAME EVIDENT FOLLOWING ITS 2007 EQUINOX. GEMINI AND KECK NEAR-IR AO IMAGES FROM 2011-2017 REVEALED NUMEROUS SMALL BRIGHT CLOUD FEATURES IN THE NORTH POLAR REGION WHILE NO SUCH FEATURES WERE SEEN IN SIMILAR IMAGES OF THE SOUTH POLAR REGION. THERE IS ALSO A LARGE CIRCULATION ASYMMETRY: THE NORTH POLAR REGION HAS BEEN MOVING AS A SOLID