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last-chance-charlie: futurist-foresight: This poses an...

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Guatamala

Washington, DC

Quito, Ecuador

Polynesia The Earth's Shadow appears on the Rings at night

Arctic Circle The Rings are barely visible

last-chance-charlie:

futurist-foresight:

This poses an interesting “What if” scenario - here “What if Earth had rings”.

the-science-llama:

If Earth Had Rings

First off, they would be really pretty to look at. They would also dominate the sky in both night and day at exactly the same place as they would never rise nor set. And at night you would see the Earth’s shadow swing across the rings, like in the 4th photo here.

However, life would be very different on Earth if this were the case. Nocturnal animals would have a hard time being nocturnal, as the light reflecting from the rings would illuminate the night.

Because we are closer to the Sun than Saturn is, the rings would be more rocky than ice, making them less bright but still pretty bright. In fact, you would see far less stars at night (living anywhere other than the equator or the arctic circle) because of the light pollution and not to mention ruin most meteor showers because of that.

During the day the rings would block sunlight in certain regions of the planet creating wild weather cycles and effecting plant life as well. So basically, they would be definitely pretty to look at but they would also make a whole lot of things screwy.

Illustrations by Ron Miller // io9
— Click the photos for captions

Wow! That’s awesome! First photo scares me shitless and the third photo looks epic!
Very, very interesting!

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jebman3: causeitdrivesmewild: Open up this fucking pit I...

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jebman3:

causeitdrivesmewild:

Open up this fucking pit

I have rebloged this probably 3 times already.

endangeredgenus: YES

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endangeredgenus:

YES

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snowce: Thomas Woodruff, (The Beastie Variations) Choleric,...

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snowce:

Thomas Woodruff, (The Beastie Variations) Choleric, 2009-2010

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the-absolute-funniest-posts: teenytigress: SO THIS GUY IN MY...

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the-absolute-funniest-posts:

teenytigress:

SO THIS GUY IN MY ENGLISH IS DOING A PROJECT FOR BIO WHERE HE GETS A DUCKLING TO IMPRINT ON HIM SO HE JUST CARRIES IT AROUND WITH HIM TO ALL OF HIS CLASSES AND I SWEAR THIS DUCK IS THE MOST WELL BEHAVED FUCKING POULTRY IVE EVER SEEN IT JUST SITS ON HIS DESK QUIETLY AND SOMETIMES HE PUTS IT IN HIS POCKET AND IT JUST SLEEPS LIKE WOW YOU GO DUCKY

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br0keboy: put the smackdown on that fool

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br0keboy:

put the smackdown on that fool

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