Thread: What is something that you just plain love?

Originally Posted by FryingMan

I bet you have quite a collection now of "interesting" pics…

Indeed I do.

And with that...

Originally Posted by Aristaeus

And with that...
[gargantuan planetary rings]

Oh, that reminds me: Constructed worlds, and particularly imagining how a world would work if it took place in different solar systems and planetary setups. Having more than one Moon is interesting enough, but imagine if we had planetary rings on our planet? Our maps would definitely be using that to determine direction rather than magnetism; we'd use everything on one side as the new equivalent of "North", and on this planet you would never need a compass to find your heading; you could even estimate your 'latitude' by looking at how far down and how thick the ring is. (If you were at the equator, the ring would be a thin line going right through the top of the sky) And we would also probably have figured out that our planet was round much, much quicker and easier. Then there's stuff like imagining if we lived in a binary solar system. Think about how the sun has been worshipped - what if there had been two? And from our perspective, these two suns would 'merge' every once in a while as they orbit around each other, switching between three modes; largest star on the left, stars aligned and largest star on the right. What if our planet was in a tidal lock with our sun? Again, this would probably be used as the basis for our maps. One side would perpetually face the sun and would be impossible to live in due to the heat, while the other side would be impossible to live in due to the cold. People would then mostly be living on the ring where the temperature is balanced - with the sun being permanently stationed at the horizon, like it got stuck during sunset.

Originally Posted by Aristaeus

Indeed I do.

And with that...

Fixed. Stupid image break.

And yes, this IS a real planet. Were it in Saturn's place, you would be able to see it clearly--even during the day. And sorry for the double-post, but...well, I fancy I don't have to explain, now do I?