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What if the earth had rings like Saturn: http://io9.com/if-earth-had-a-ring-like-saturn-508750253 http://io9.com/if-earth-had-a-ring-like-saturn-508750253 The
by arscan 13y ago
What if the earth had rings like Saturn:
http://io9.com/if-earth-had-a-ring-like-saturn-508750253 http://io9.com/if-earth-had-a-ring-like-saturn-508750253
The author describes how bright they would be at night and what they would look like at different locations on the planet.
- morsch 13y agoWow, now I will never be able to look the same way at our boring, ringless sky.
- arethuza 13y agoOr give up on those boring planet things and just live on the ring itself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_%28The_Culture%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_%28The_Culture%29 [NB I prefer Culture Orbitals to Niven Rings - largely due to everything else being in the Culture would imply.]
- pavel_lishin 13y agoPlus, I think that if you strip away all the Culture magic-tech, their orbitals are still more plausible than Niven's Unobtanium-Brand scrith.