Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Interesting synchronicity: Saturn's bizarre moon Iapetus . . .






. . . bears a passing resemblance to this metal sphere.



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6 comments:

Mac said...

I have a Wild Theory about Iapetus, but I'm sitting on it until I can check a few facts...

11:48 PM
TheUltimateCyn said...

omg, Mac you may have something here... how very odd... man, I love your mind! You rock!

6:49 AM
Mac said...

Hollow, I'm sure. Looks like some art students joined two hemispherical "bowls."

4:38 PM
Anonymous said...

And this just in on New Scientist. Somebody HAS come up with a "natural" explanation for the equatorial ridge a.k.a. "The Wall." I would award it the Richard Hoagland prize for biggest violation of Occam's razor by a scientific theory. Hope the link works OK but if not, you get the idea:

New Scientist Latest Iapetus Article

8:28 PM
Mac said...

Thanks, WMB. I haven't read NS's article yet, but I encountered another one about Iapetus getting slapped with one of Saturn's rings. I'll check this out.

11:34 PM
iservepharmacy said...

I think you are an excellent blogger. It's all about your passion and you should add something about Jupiter. Don't you think?

12:12 PM

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