saturn's rings

[elizabeth25]

not sure where to post this.

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedi...full_movie.gif

just wanted to share this with you, i think it is amazing and beautiful.

keep watching to see the ripples in the ring.

[elizabeth25]

does no one think that this is beautiful?

[Hernalt]

I'd conserve what I call drop "beautiful" on. But that's pretty bad. I read an explanation way back in my Enya days, but looking at it now, it only makes sense that the innermost has highest v, the rings less v, the outer moon least v, and that there may? be some exchange of angular momentum. Does the inner moon donate L and fall in slightly? Does the outer moon siphon L and slowly drift out? Do lagrange points affect anything? I have no hard clue, but that's what the image does. And there may be no suspicious phenomena and it's just cool.

[ravenhill]

does no one think that this is beautiful?

It shows gravity/ space warping in action. How mass distorts space like that is still a mystery.

[JAICOA]

Very impressive indeed, These were noted also when a small asteroid passed through the rings creating ripples across ring system also. The present storm NED (Serpent Storm) has influence the rings with spokes magneticaly charged particle creating lighter and darker spots. Here is an animation not the best on this session that i recorded seen at right mid section of the rings At: http://www.jaicoa-observatory.com/Sa...2-0623ut-3.gif ,Thanks for sharing.