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Bizarre Hexagon Spotted on Saturn
Space.com ^ | 3/27/07

Posted on 03/27/2007 11:10:24 AM PDT by anymouse

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Paging Sir Arthur C. Clarke.

1 posted on 03/27/2007 11:10:25 AM PDT by anymouse
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To: KevinDavis; Shuttle Shucker; RadioAstronomer

Space ping.


2 posted on 03/27/2007 11:11:20 AM PDT by anymouse
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To: anymouse

Absolutely. 6 nearly equal sides is hard to get naturally, unless this is a giant fractal.


3 posted on 03/27/2007 11:11:32 AM PDT by EarthBound (Ex Deo,gratia. Ex astris,scientia (Duncan Hunter in 2008! http://www.gohunter08.com))
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To: xsmommy

apocolyptic stuff in the sky pings.


4 posted on 03/27/2007 11:11:38 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (The Hunt for Fred November)
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To: NeoCaveman

i think it looks like the icing on a cupcake, but that's probably just because i gave up sweets for lent : )


5 posted on 03/27/2007 11:12:39 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: NeoCaveman

are you thinking...Six...Six...Six...?


6 posted on 03/27/2007 11:12:51 AM PDT by bigbob (2)
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To: anymouse

7 posted on 03/27/2007 11:13:44 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: anymouse

The scientists are simpletons/

It's a screw on lid!


8 posted on 03/27/2007 11:13:52 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitor)
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To: anymouse

Yawn. Wake me when they discover an octagonal shape.


9 posted on 03/27/2007 11:14:06 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: bigbob
are you thinking...Six...Six...Six...?

Not until you mentioned it.

10 posted on 03/27/2007 11:14:37 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (The Hunt for Fred November)
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To: EarthBound
"6 nearly equal sides is hard to get naturally"

snowflakes

11 posted on 03/27/2007 11:14:51 AM PDT by avg_freeper (Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
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To: anymouse
Caused by global warming?
12 posted on 03/27/2007 11:14:54 AM PDT by 2001convSVT ("People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence")
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To: anymouse

Saturn warming?


13 posted on 03/27/2007 11:14:57 AM PDT by Burkean
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To: anymouse

Ugh ... I had a bad case of that, once. They gave me some heavy-duty antibiotics, and it cleared right up.


14 posted on 03/27/2007 11:15:21 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: EarthBound

Maybe we found the aliens sooner than expected. I always wanted to meet the Vulcans or Klingons.


15 posted on 03/27/2007 11:15:31 AM PDT by brooklyn dave
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To: anymouse

16 posted on 03/27/2007 11:15:33 AM PDT by Red Steel
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To: NeoCaveman
"apocalyptic stuff in the sky pings"

Yeah, but it's Saturn's sky so don't worry.


17 posted on 03/27/2007 11:15:36 AM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: anymouse

It's where the Atlanteans moved their intergalactic headquarters after their islands sunk. ;)


18 posted on 03/27/2007 11:15:44 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
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To: bigbob

did you just ping me?


19 posted on 03/27/2007 11:15:45 AM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: anymouse
That's Calypso Louie's docked mother ship
20 posted on 03/27/2007 11:15:50 AM PDT by Osage Orange (Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rodgers)
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