Comments on: Keeping an Eye on Saturn http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/ Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:06:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Keeping an Eye on the Sun - Asymptotia http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-6686 Keeping an Eye on the Sun - Asymptotia Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:34:42 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-6686 [...] [Update: Yes, if this post reminds you of something I posted about recently, you are right. See “Keeping an Eye on Saturn”.] [...] [...] [Update: Yes, if this post reminds you of something I posted about recently, you are right. See “Keeping an Eye on Saturn”.] [...]

]]> By: John David Stone http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-4401 John David Stone Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:58:58 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-4401 spyder: See Robert Sheckley's <a href="http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/sheckley/sheckley1.html" rel="nofollow">``A wind is rising''</a> (1957) -- the plot is very similar to your description. spyder: See Robert Sheckley’s “A wind is rising” (1957) — the plot is very similar to your description.

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-4369 Clifford Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:55:24 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-4369 Lovely link. Thanks! -cvj Lovely link. Thanks!

-cvj

]]> By: Amara http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-4363 Amara Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:18:00 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-4363 Aha! I see I'm not alone in making the <a href="http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00000765/" rel="nofollow">Venus and Saturn comparison</a>! Aha! I see I’m not alone in making the Venus and Saturn comparison!

]]> By: Amara http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-4362 Amara Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:09:17 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-4362 It brings to my mind a recent Venus Express image. Here is a <a href="http://www.planetary.org/news/2006/0414_First_Venus_Express_VIRTIS_Images_Peel.html" rel="nofollow">back-lit view of clouds at a deep level within Venus' atmosphere. </a>. It brings to my mind a recent Venus Express image. Here is a back-lit view of clouds at a deep level within Venus’ atmosphere. .

]]> By: Kea http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-4359 Kea Mon, 13 Nov 2006 05:44:14 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-4359 Pyracantha Depends on which hemisphere you live in. It could be hole in someone's brain. Pyracantha

Depends on which hemisphere you live in. It could be hole in someone’s brain.

]]> By: Pyracantha http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-4351 Pyracantha Mon, 13 Nov 2006 03:27:55 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-4351 I can't help but think that, well, this is the "bottom" of the planet... I can’t help but think that, well, this is the “bottom” of the planet…

]]> By: Aaron F. http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-4326 Aaron F. Sun, 12 Nov 2006 23:40:33 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-4326 Ahhhh, clouds! When I was little, I got what must have been the second edition of <i>The Universe And Beyond</i>. It was full of pictures, but my favorite was a painting of an imaginary Jovian cloudscape, with towering walls of brown and white clouds soaring off into a brilliant blue sky. Ever since I saw it, I've wanted to live there! Of course, it would be hard to enjoy from inside a space suit, and the sky is probably far from as clear as it was in the painting. I wish Galileo had snapped a few pictures before it died... even if only to shatter my illusions. <blockquote>Reminds of something out of a Farmer or Borges story.</blockquote> Whoa! Are we talking about Jorge Luis here? I didn't think he wrote any science fiction... Ahhhh, clouds! When I was little, I got what must have been the second edition of The Universe And Beyond. It was full of pictures, but my favorite was a painting of an imaginary Jovian cloudscape, with towering walls of brown and white clouds soaring off into a brilliant blue sky. Ever since I saw it, I’ve wanted to live there! Of course, it would be hard to enjoy from inside a space suit, and the sky is probably far from as clear as it was in the painting. I wish Galileo had snapped a few pictures before it died… even if only to shatter my illusions.

Reminds of something out of a Farmer or Borges story.

Whoa! Are we talking about Jorge Luis here? I didn’t think he wrote any science fiction…

]]> By: spyder http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-4309 spyder Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:14:00 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-4309 Reminds of something out of a Farmer or Borges story. Ship arrives on new planet, crew about to begin exploration, and the mother of all storms hits. This one would be catastrophic for the sorts of craft and systems we currently use or have planned. Reminds of something out of a Farmer or Borges story. Ship arrives on new planet, crew about to begin exploration, and the mother of all storms hits. This one would be catastrophic for the sorts of craft and systems we currently use or have planned.

]]> By: Dharmashanti http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-4288 Dharmashanti Sun, 12 Nov 2006 17:59:58 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-4288 That's what I LOVE about science. Just when we think we know some of the answers, the Universe throws us a curve! Dharmashanti That’s what I LOVE about science. Just when we think we know some of the answers, the Universe throws us a curve!

Dharmashanti

]]> By: Watching you closely « Later On http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-4273 Watching you closely « Later On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:17:14 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/11/12/keeping-an-eye-on-saturn/#comment-4273 [...] The eye of a god—the god, in this case, being Saturn. Read all about it. [...] [...] The eye of a god—the god, in this case, being Saturn. Read all about it. [...]

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