I’ve always been fascinated by the symmetrical shapes of the honeycomb, but a couple of days ago, I got blown away by an image of the planet Saturn.
The planet Saturn stands out from all the others in our solar system because of it’s beautiful, and mysterious rings, but I have never seen anything like this before. It’s going to be making me wonder for the rest of my life. I like wondering. I think it’s healthy to contemplate about scientific discoveries, even if they don’t seem to make sense.
I’m not sure how I missed reports of this strange phenomenon happening on Saturn, because it’s existence has been known for a long time. New photos have brought it back to light.
I have a website that I visit every day which features pictures and videos of amazing and often mysterious things about the earth and the universe around it, with commentary by scientist’s who give their knowledge or best guesses about the content. This particular entry – February 20 2013 – really made me sit up in my chair.
Apparently Saturn, which has no solid surface, harbors a cloud formation shaped like a hexagon which is large enough to house four earths. It’s not sort-of a hexagon; it’s a hexagon with six equal length sides. But, that’s not all. It rotates and it’s been there for at least 20 years!
Be sure to look at this fantastic time-lapse animation of the object, and visit the massive archive section of “Astronomy Picture of the Day”.
What do you think could cause this?
#1 by Richard Warnick on February 23, 2013 - 10:16 am
Pretty awesome picture. “Hamlet” Act 1, scene 5:
#2 by Shane Smith on February 23, 2013 - 11:23 am
Are we sure Saturn has no solid surface? I know that was the claim about both it and Saturn, but last i checked years and years ago, that was still pretty hotly debated theory.
Very cool picture though. Almost as cool as the report decades ago of the radio wave spikes emanating through Saturns rings. Harlan Ellison wrote a great report about it from the NASA lab the night they were found. I will see if i can dig it up….
#3 by Larry Bergan on February 23, 2013 - 11:29 am
Yesterday, I heard a report on NPR, of a new discovery which said that when bees pollinate a flower, an electrical charge remains, which tells other bees that the flower has already been pollinated.
Nobody can say that bees aren’t efficient.
#4 by Larry Bergan on February 23, 2013 - 11:45 am
Shane:
There’s no way I can know if Saturn has a solid surface or not. I’m pretty sure that massive – continent sized – plates of solid rock have been dancing around on earth. It’s impossible to know what’s happening on Saturn through pictures.
Science changes, and that’s what’s great about it.
Theories rule!