Think what it'd be like to live on Saturn, where the rings often cast their own shadows on the surface of the planet. What an interesting dynamic it'd be, to have the day go dim and look up to see the sunlight filtering through those impressive rings. Of course, when you imagine this, I guess you also have to imagine that Saturn actually has a solid surface, instead of just being a big ball of gas.
July 22, 2005 at 2:14 PM
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Posted by Cat
Casting shadows on the planet, blocking out the sunlight...um...that sounds like clouds. Not too impressive.
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Posted by Scott 1 hour, 4 minutes later
Not having ever lived on Saturn, I'd still have to imagine that looking up through the rings into the sun is still probably not a good idea. I can smell my retinas frying already!
Posted by Dan 12 minutes later
Good point, I forgot to consider that. However, Saturn is about 9.5 times as far away from the Sun as we are, which means the sun would be about 1/91 as bright when viewed from Saturn. I don't imagine it will be as painful as it is here :) But likewise, it wouldn't be quite as majestic that way :)