You have GOT to see this - it's awesome !

POSTED BY: rue
UPDATED: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 01:47
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RUE

Monday, November 20, 2006 3:35 AM

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/11/061109134926.htm

Monster Storm On Saturn Spotted By Cassini Space Probe

The "hurricane" spans a dark area inside a thick, brighter ring of clouds. It is approximately 5,000 miles across, or two thirds the diameter of Earth.

SOUPCATCHER

Monday, November 20, 2006 7:52 AM

Wow! Very cool, Rue. Thanks for the link.

And how sad is it that my first thought was, "Oh great. Now CBS is going to be suing Saturn for copyright infringement."

MAZAEN

Monday, November 20, 2006 9:36 AM

wow really amazing. I'm glad I'm not in that hurricane.

SIGNYM

Monday, November 20, 2006 1:34 PM

Wow.

I wonder if evaporation and condensation is driving that storm. According to NASA, Saturn is a source of heat- giving off approximately 2 1/2 times the energy that it receives from the sun.

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Reality sucks. Especially when it contradicts our cherished ideas.

JONNYQUEST

Tuesday, November 21, 2006 1:47 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by SignyM:
Wow.
I wonder if evaporation and condensation is driving that storm. According to NASA, Saturn is a source of heat- giving off approximately 2 1/2 times the energy that it receives from the sun.
Reality sucks. Especially when it contradicts our cherished ideas.

Quote:
"A wee child toddling in a wonder world, I prefer to their dogma my excursions into the natural gardens where the voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing of flowers. If this is Paganism, then at present, at least, I am a Pagan." - Zitkala-Sa

Sometimes a storm is a storm.

Then again, you did start out by saying "Wow."

Quote:
"He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed." - Albert Einstein

Reality might suck, but then so does a Saturnine hurricane. Still it's awe-inspiring.

"Well, here I am...Does that seem right to you?"