Chriswsm says:

They would also cast a shadow to some degree

Rhor says:

What the video doesn’t say, its that we would be constantly attacked by the elements from that ring everywhere on the planet. Attacks meaning meteorites and rocks with differents sizes.
The places with fewer attacks would be those on the equator, like Quito, Ecuador.

And, we would not be able to place satellites as we do now, so probably a cell network would be limited to just a few cities.

ECA says:

i POSTED THIS IN CAGEMATCH A FEW DAYS BACK..

Anything under the shadow areas, about 3-6 months per year is going to DIE, or be real weird.

Sats would have some interesting problems, MOSTLY those going N/S directions.. If they floated IN the rings, we could just let the RINGS hold the equipment.

judgen says:

Absolutley stunning.

steve says:

VERY VERY COOL WHAT A THOUGHT AND GOOD ARTIST RENDITION TOO GREAT MUSIC PIC

AlanB says:

Thanks Uncle Dave. I sent the link to my astronomy club mail list.

The only downside is the rings would reflect so much light at night that viewing Deep Sky Objects with a backyard telescope would be pretty much out of the question.

Dallas says:

I’m with #6 . This is way cool.

The Monster's Lawyer says:

#2 ftw (it had to be said)

Rick Cain says:

Imagine how hard it would be to have spacecraft in orbit with a ring system!

It would be like flying through a minefield.

soundwash says:

You turkies..it’s a METAPHOR!

this planet is was original part of the Saturn system. Saturn and it’s planets were captured by the Sun.

Prior to that, most likely, Jupiter was the only planet/sun in this system

Saturn used to be our “central sun”

it’s written all over the planet by the ancients..

We are about to go FULL CIRCLE..that’s
what in part, 2012 is all about. (ok, well, full half-circle for some..)

The “golden age” will begin
again..as we head back to our home system of Orion.

eesh…nobody looks beyond their nose anymore..

-s