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If Earth had Saturn’s Rings

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From an excellent post by Jason Davis

From Washington, D.C., the rings would only fill a portion of the sky, but appear striking nonetheless. Here, we see them at sunrise.

From Guatemala, only 14 degrees above the equator, the rings would begin to stretch across the horizon. Their reflected light would make the moon much brighter.

From Earth’s equator, Saturn’s rings would be viewed edge-on, appearing as a thin, bright line bisecting the sky.

At the March and September equinoxes, the Sun would be positioned directly over the rings, casting a dramatic shadow at the equator.

At midnight at the Tropic of Capricorn, which sits at 23 degrees south latitude, the Earth casts a shadow over the middle of the rings, while the outer portions remain lit.

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Originally posted by crazyfangirloflots

@jiruchan

I love this so much! And slightly off-topic, but here’s a VERY good video of how it would look like if Saturn flew past us.

I’m so mad Earth has no fucking rings. >:(

That’s what I call a mere engineering problem

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