Saturday, September 10, 2011

Saturn

I've spent a bit of time lately with big picture, big idea guys. Physics professors, star gazers, astro-physicists. When I came across this video, assembled from individual photos taken by the Cassini orbiter, I got a glimpse of what makes their world spin.

Watch the film in full screen mode.




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4 comments:

  1. Linda McMullanSeptember 10, 2011 at 10:14 AM

    Oh, my. We are so tiny.

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  2. Suburban PrincessSeptember 10, 2011 at 3:47 PM

    I saw a picture on pinterest...it was of a grade school test. The question was 'Why does Saturn have rings?'
    The child answered 'God liked it so he put a ring on it'

    LOL

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2011 at 6:18 PM

    "God liked it so he put a ring on it"

    Ohhhhh pain!

    Sir Toad, being high bred as you are, might you need an assist with SubPrin's idiom? Somehow I don't see you being fluent in Beyonce'.

    Your Erudition: are we in trouble as a nation when small children quote Beyonce' as they look at the rings on Saturn? Or not?

    I submit as a public service:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddWIPWnuuN0

    -Flo

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  4. ToadSeptember 10, 2011 at 9:56 PM

    I'd long wondered what a Beyonce was.

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