O/T: What the hex going on here????

[OuchThatHurts]

Okay, definitely not as sexy or intriguing as the female BBer's thread, but definitely an oddity worthy of attention. For many years, a storm has been raging on Saturn at the northern magnetic pole. But it's not a circular storm or votex like we'd see here on Earth. It's in the shape of a hexagon. That's right. That means that for one reason or another, the 300+mph winds suddenly take a sharp 120degree turn at velocity at equal distances forming the shape we call a hexagon. What the hell could be causing it has even the greatest scientists and astronomers perplexed. It can't be a fluke occurance since it was first seen half a century ago.

Hexagons can form naturally by things such as sonic waves, crystalline structures, and buckyballs, to name a few.

I'm tending towards buckyballs (also know as Fullerenes). But whatever it is, it's all Bush's fault.

Here's a photo of the phenomenon:

 

[JETHRO TULL]

That's just a close-up of an alien breast.

Those females on Saturn really know how to party. Just don't post up a picture of Bucky's Balls. That's just crossing the line.


P.S. I have no idea what causes that phenomenon, Ouch. It is interesting though.

 

[oldfella]

That is a very strange occurance. I'm guessing it will have a lot to do with the gravitational field of saturn near it's poles. May have been influenced by magnetic fields also. If the gas and dust has a mettalic content then this may explain the shape. Like I said I'm guessing. Astronomy has always facsinated me from a very young age. I'll susbscribe to the "BUSH THEORY" That explains a lot of things!!!

 

[Tom]

physics

everything we think we know regarding the laws of physics may not apply universally. unique phenomona like that may be the norm for saturn. we have much to learn. we need to open our minds to the possibility of multiple dimensions and embrace the concept with a willingness to overide what we think we know.

 

[JETHRO TULL]

Tom, so what you're saying is.....

everything we think we know regarding the laws of physics may not apply universally. unique phenomona like that may be the norm for saturn. we have much to learn. we need to open our minds to the possibility of multiple dimensions and embrace the concept with a willingness to overide what we think we know.

That just might be an alien breast! Hey, man.......have an open mind! lol

 

[OuchThatHurts]

Anything goes of course, but I'm asking please... No "it's a sign" type hoopla... ya know like someone bakes a cookie and it comes out looking like the virgin Mary and all of a sudden, it's a miracle and can heal people and then it gets sold on eBay.

 

[alan1973]

Anything goes of course, but I'm asking please... No "it's a sign" type hoopla... ya know like someone bakes a cookie and it comes out looking like the virgin Mary and all of a sudden, it's a miracle and can heal people and then it gets sold on eBay.

have to agree with oldfella.
not all planets wave the same symetrical makeup as earth does (even earth is not perfect).
Saturn's core might me made up differently and shaped differently to come up with those patterns.
another theory of mine.
remember, this is a gas planet, made up of several layers of toxic gases. this could be the result of the different chemicals/temperatures/and let's just throw in gravity for another punch. oh, and lets not forget that anything on the surface either naturally made or not, could be affecting it.
still, very neat.

update: after reading more and finding that the hex seems to be fixed with the rotationrate of the surface, it make me think that gravity and surface shape may have more to do with the shape.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia09187.html

 

[pimpman]

looks like a asshole with hemroids.or no wait britnys spears pussy on the net

 

[OuchThatHurts]

Why a hex though? Why not a pentagon, or an octogon? Magnetism or gravitation seem like the most obvious culprit but at the same time, unlikley. Particulary when the gases inside and outside the hexagon are the normal gaseous weather patterns one would expect. Sometimes geometric shapes do form in nature but our view is almost always a macroscopic view of something on a microscopic scale. That's why crystals look so unnatural because who could have thought long ago that the molecules had symmetry. There's two ways of trying to determine the origin of the pattern - from a larger force outide the phenomenon (i.e.gravity or electromagnetism) or the phenomenon itself being a very large expression of something on a smaller scale (i.e. similiar to crystals). But Saturn's mass is less than that of H2O. The planet would float if you could find a big enough tub of water!

Those gases are going from 180 degrees to 130 degrees, a full 50 degree turn to the left in an area the size of China before continuing on in their 180 degree direction. That's some weird shit.

It's been in the back of my mind since I first saw photos. Right now, it's as mysterious and unexplainable as Stonehenge. I REALLY dig that sort of thing.

 

[Tyrone]

I know I can't answer it and maybe my buddy at work can't either but he's a professor for physics at State here in SD(SDSU)...He's a dick, so how should I ask him without him attacking me and me breaking his jaw lol...

 

[K1]

Those females on Saturn really know how to party. Just don't post up a picture of Bucky's Balls. That's just crossing the line.


P.S. I have no idea what causes that phenomenon, Ouch. It is interesting though.

LMAO

 

[Putin]

Everything outside this planet is fascinating, and the oceans on this one, just because they are unexplored.

 

[sszapdog]

SPOCK, HELP ME. SPOCK

 

[VanR__]

I have never heard of this.

 

[OuchThatHurts]

I know I can't answer it and maybe my buddy at work can't either but he's a professor for physics at State here in SD(SDSU)...He's a dick, so how should I ask him without him attacking me and me breaking his jaw lol...

Tell him if he doesn't answer you, you know a prof of psychology that will break his jaw.

 

[Conan21]

it looks circular to me?

 

[DOGMA]

I have no clue, it is interesting though when you figure it out let us know.

10.00 bucks say's Al Gore will attribute it to global warming.

 

[OuchThatHurts]

it looks circular to me?

Hears another photo. Now do you see it?

 

[fsm]

It's clear that on Saturn they've stopped foolling around with pi. It's much easier dealing with hexagons.

 

[OuchThatHurts]

It's clear that on Saturn they've stopped foolling around with pi. It's much easier dealing with hexagons.

LOL

That's gotta be it! Good one!