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Earth with Saturn's rings
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Posted 21 November 2009 - 01:51 PM
Video says it all.
My first thought was ho would early man view these rings from a religious point of view?
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Posted 21 November 2009 - 03:22 PM
Honestly I am more curious how the rings would effect gravity and our tidal system.
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Posted 21 November 2009 - 03:34 PM
my immediate instinct is very little, if at all. they would be relatively homogeneous, meaning that there would be a slight pull of water towards the equator, but mostly i think it wouldn't have enough mass to really affect it. g=(GMm)/r^2, and since rings are mainly dust and small rocks, it wouldn't have a large concentrated mass, like the moon, pulling in a particular direction at once.
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Posted 21 November 2009 - 11:08 PM
I was eh about the spaced-based images, and was hoping to see some earth-based shots. The video then didn't disappoint. Amazing!
I wonder how the rings could've been used for or affected navigation.
I wonder how the rings could've been used for or affected navigation.
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Posted 22 November 2009 - 01:02 PM
the nighttime shots were gorgeous!
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Posted 22 November 2009 - 06:08 PM
Ender, on 21 Nov 2009, 03:51 PM, said:
My first thought was ho would early man view these rings from a religious point of view?
ZOMG, they would have freaked OUT! There would have been all kinds of bull**** about "God's Highway" or whatever. However, on the flip side, wouldn't this have made it a lot easier for the ancient thinkers and brains to figure out the Earth was round? They did anyway based on slim evidence so I think this would have just accelerated things.
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Posted 22 November 2009 - 07:37 PM
ShadowDog, on 22 Nov 2009, 07:08 PM, said:
Ender, on 21 Nov 2009, 03:51 PM, said:
My first thought was ho would early man view these rings from a religious point of view?
ZOMG, they would have freaked OUT!
They already had the sun being pulling by horses or whatever.
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Posted 22 November 2009 - 09:08 PM
Oh yeah, the Greeks would have figured out all kinds of god **** to tie into the rings. "Yo, yo, yo, Achaicus, what if we say that's Hera's golden panties and that Zeus tossed them up in the air on their wedding night and her thang was so fire he ordered the panties to stay up there forever in honor of her?" "I dunno, dawg, that needs some work. I'll think about it after I hit the public bath. ROWL!"
Or something like that, since they hadn't invented panties yet.
Or something like that, since they hadn't invented panties yet.
Some quotes are funny: "I want to punch some nuts. ****ing nut punch. Wake the **** up you stupid ****ing ****s. What the ****?!" ~ Torchness
Some quotes are profound: "I agree with what I said before." ~ Mara Jade Skywalker
And some quotes make you wonder what in the **** you just read: "Teaching has made me bitter and cynical." ~ Ms. Spam
Mystery quote: "That's odd. Teenagers are well known for their kind tolerance of any child who is a little different."
Some quotes are profound: "I agree with what I said before." ~ Mara Jade Skywalker
And some quotes make you wonder what in the **** you just read: "Teaching has made me bitter and cynical." ~ Ms. Spam
Mystery quote: "That's odd. Teenagers are well known for their kind tolerance of any child who is a little different."
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Posted 22 November 2009 - 09:21 PM
That's the first thing I thought of too when I saw this, what cool myths the ancients would have come up with to explain the rings.
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