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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

What in the World Is This?

Posted by on Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 7:56 AM

saturnhexagon_cassini_1018.jpeg
Guess what it is before clicking this link.

 

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The Max 1
It's Rick Santorum doin the goatse gape after last night's debate meth and amyl fueled after party?
Posted by The Max on January 24, 2012 at 8:10 AM
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe 2

Metric or English?
Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe http://yrihf.com on January 24, 2012 at 8:17 AM
Chris in Vancouver WA 3
I say cross-section of a blood vessel. Interesting that is has a hexagonal shape, though.
Posted by Chris in Vancouver WA on January 24, 2012 at 8:19 AM
4
Hexagonal storm on Saturn. The internet is a race, Charles
Posted by seattlebikeguy on January 24, 2012 at 8:25 AM
5
Saturn's pole. But that's because I visit the wonderful http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ site every day.
Posted by Daniel K on January 24, 2012 at 8:26 AM
6
Let me guess ? It's your Butt hole.
Posted by Dixie Rect on January 24, 2012 at 8:47 AM
ObeyTheFist 7
How does something that large maintain a hexagonal shape?
Posted by ObeyTheFist on January 24, 2012 at 8:51 AM
Reverse Polarity 8
Hah! @3, that was my guess too.
Posted by Reverse Polarity on January 24, 2012 at 9:02 AM
Residual 9
They have math on Saturn too?!?!
Posted by Residual on January 24, 2012 at 9:16 AM
TortoiseTurtle 10
Holy crap, for once my old fallback guess -- A hexagonal cloud formation around Saturn's north pole -- finally pays off!
Posted by TortoiseTurtle http://slog.thestranger.com on January 24, 2012 at 9:18 AM
lark 11
Good Morning Charles,
Yeah, that is fascinating. I never would have guessed.
Posted by lark on January 24, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Njoy 12
Did any one else have an optical illusion happen when they stared at the image, or was that a flashback to my hallucinogenic years?
Posted by Njoy on January 24, 2012 at 9:35 AM
Just Jeff 13
SPACE SANTORUM.

OCCUPY SATURN!!!
Posted by Just Jeff http://pstonews.wordpress.com on January 24, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Simone 14
The video is cool too.
Posted by Simone on January 24, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Helenka (also a Canuck) 15
@3
I thought so, too; and that the hexagonal stuff was the way that plaque was laid down. Well, there's three of us who have medically-based imaginations here.
Posted by Helenka (also a Canuck) on January 24, 2012 at 10:26 AM
Vince 16
"What in the world...?" It's not in the world so your question is invalid.
Posted by Vince on January 24, 2012 at 11:09 AM
treacle 17
@7 - Yes, "how does it maintain a hexagonal shape" is a key question. Happily scientists have already replicated that ….
Posted by treacle on January 24, 2012 at 12:33 PM
Vince 18
@17 That is amazing!
Posted by Vince on January 24, 2012 at 1:14 PM

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