 Earl_Grey
Female, 18-29, Canada
 131 Posts
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010 3:38:58 AM
um... this might be a stupid question, but wouldn't the ring's mess with the Earth's temperature by reflecting more sunlight onto it... and what about the shadow at the equator, wouldn't that mess with the temperature too? |
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 lyckosam
Male, 18-29, Europe
193 Posts
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Saturday, January 30, 2010 8:36:26 PM
im now sad that we don't have rings around our earth... everyone, let's get NASA to start chuckin sand out of their satellites. |
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 MrYouKnow
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
1088 Posts
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Monday, December 07, 2009 9:19:39 PM
1:25 kind of reminds me of being on halo in Halo 1. |
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 wyo
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
97 Posts
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Sunday, December 06, 2009 1:18:02 AM
So beautiful. If it made the world a little bit cooler, wouldn't that knock of global warming for a few years? |
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 Asakura
Female, 18-29, Western US
236 Posts
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Saturday, December 05, 2009 11:52:10 AM
okay then. someone call up god and ask him to update the universe. |
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 magoo22
Male, 30-39, Australia
663 Posts
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Saturday, December 05, 2009 4:40:31 AM
It seems plausible that the additional shadow would cool the earth, but there would also be additional sunlight reflected off the rings would there not. We would have one hemisphere cooler an the other hotter . We may not freeze but I imagine it would make for WILD weather. |
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Asakura
Female, 18-29, Western US
236 Posts
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Saturday, December 05, 2009 12:27:21 AM
>>matt
why the poles? they would be the only areas unaffected by the shadow.It might not be so bad, because they are transparent. saturn's rings are made up of dust and small rocks. light and heat can pass through it, like our ozone layer. It'd probably just make the earth a bit cooler but not by much. either way it's a pretty idea, but no sense fretting over cause it'll never happen |
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 Jamalxoxo
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
3 Posts
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Friday, December 04, 2009 3:26:01 AM
Yea, Halo was on my mind the whole time too |
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 idiotfilter
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
3934 Posts
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Thursday, December 03, 2009 7:59:46 PM
beautiful...it's too bad it would totally F*ck up life as we know it....but it's still cool to think about... |
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 k10josumm
Male, 18-29, Western US
432 Posts
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009 12:41:35 AM
anyone else reminded of halo? |
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 Bananamaster
Male, 13-17, Western US
8 Posts
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009 9:21:16 PM
A Trekkie's wet dream! |
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 MattPrince
Male, 40-49, Europe
2221 Posts
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:32:35 AM
"And yes, the shadow caused by it would have been detrimental to the Earth's climate, especially in the region where the shadow fell."I'd be interested to see how the rings shadow did fall and what impact it did have. Presumably the greatest impact would be on the polar areas. |
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 earthshone
Male, 18-29, Western US
1699 Posts
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Monday, November 30, 2009 11:53:12 PM
i agree with YELLOWSQUARE ; I'll pitch in... |
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 Tisjokar
Male, 18-29, Australia
991 Posts
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Monday, November 30, 2009 11:42:24 PM
pruutty |
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 Negative_One
Male, 30-39, Western US
2586 Posts
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Monday, November 30, 2009 11:36:46 PM
As soon as we get this climate change stuff sorted we need to start thinking about pimping up our planet. |
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 Shellie84
Female, 18-29, Australia
4196 Posts
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Monday, November 30, 2009 11:35:02 PM
well, it certainly pretties up the sky :) |
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 Lionhart2
Male, 40-49, Australia
8285 Posts
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Monday, November 30, 2009 10:36:14 PM
Great, first you find out there's a ring around ur anus, now you want one around earth too? |
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 yellowsquare
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
1602 Posts
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Monday, November 30, 2009 8:45:58 PM
Can we build a ring for the earth?! Please?! |
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ladyObored
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
408 Posts
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Monday, November 30, 2009 8:12:11 PM
haha @ ljdp |
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 Dfaulted
Male, 13-17, Canada
1932 Posts
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Monday, November 30, 2009 7:25:47 PM
pretty |
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MechaWolf
Male, 18-29, Southern US
311 Posts
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Monday, November 30, 2009 6:40:19 PM
There was an old article in either Discover or Scientific American magazine where they were discussing the the Earth did have a temporary ring (maybe for a couple hundred thousands years) after the asteroid impact that would have wiped out the dinosaurs. And yes, the shadow caused by it would have been detrimental to the Earth's climate, especially in the region where the shadow fell. |
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 ImTakingOver
Male, 18-29, Southern US
389 Posts
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Monday, November 30, 2009 6:28:18 PM
Theres a guy in my class who thinks Earth really does have rings. lol |
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 RipJack
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
124 Posts
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Monday, November 30, 2009 6:16:48 PM
this song makes nostalgic for hitman: blood money
good game. |
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ljdp
Male, 13-17, Europe
28 Posts
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Monday, November 30, 2009 5:40:25 PM
Not sure the brown suits earth. Does it come in green? |
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 Gn0m3
Male, 18-29, Canada
420 Posts
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Monday, November 30, 2009 4:16:01 PM
i feel like finding a creative way to drop a chandelier on someone when i hear this song |
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