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In reply to this comment by firefly:
This is so cool.
It's been a while....I think it's time for another *promote

Is this the same fellow that showed us what it would look like if Earth had a ring system? My SpideySense tells me yes.

In reply to this comment by imstellar28:
^Mandtis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworld


I make it a point to avoid fiction but the plot sounds pretty interesting...I wish they would have made it a movie or tv series... but I guess I'll have to read it.

the video game series, Halo, is loosely based on this novel and the campaign plot is quite compelling and rich

>> ^imstellar28:
^Mandtis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworld

I make it a point to avoid fiction but the plot sounds pretty interesting...I wish they would have made it a movie or tv series... but I guess I'll have to read it.


the Halo video game series is loosely based on this novel

>> ^ReverendTed:
Do we know anything about how the shadow of Saturn's ring behaves in this regard?


Occasional utterances of "my precious", followed by treachery and eventual karmic death.

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^Mandtis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworld


I make it a point to avoid fiction but the plot sounds pretty interesting...I wish they would have made it a movie or tv series... but I guess I'll have to read it.

>> ^alizarin:
Wish they would have covered the shadow cast on the surface


Exactly what got me thinking...

If the rings follow the tilt of the axis, then the northern and southern hemispheres would be in darkness for winter with a spectatular 'ring-solstice' when the shadow moved past mid way through the year.

The temperature between the shadowed area, and the sunny side with massive solar reflection on it would create some interesting weather.

And if the ring wasn't equidistant to the moon, you'd see beautiful bridges of dust being drawn to the moon as it passed.

>> ^shuac:
Can you imagine how different our religions might have been if they had to explain rings? Zeus might've been second fiddle to this new Lord of the...no, I'm not going to do that. It's beneath me.
But seriously, imagine cavemen trying to make sense of it. Or the Romans. Or Kepler. Our entire theology, science, and society might be vastly different. We might have been more advanced in a "ringed" 2009. Or a ringed 2009 might look like 1940. Who knows for sure? Fascinating to think about.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworld

Insert predictable 'what if Earth had a brown ring like Uranus' alternative title here.