Lord Of The Rings

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Lord of the Rings: How would the Earth look like if it had a ring system like Saturn?

What would the rings look like from various places, cities and latitudes around the globe?

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[1lalaland]

would blowing up the moon make rings?

[DJRU2]

Would the shadow cast from the ring on the sunny side of earth (shown@ 1:49) create a kind of semi permanent 'night belt' across that part of the planet?

Wonderful vid by the way.

[ZeerosFate]

We have enough orbital debris out there so who knows, maybe they will eventually group together and form a thin layer of space junk.

[sarajanegarr]

Amazing!!

[MnktoDave]

Wow...most awesome video!...and a beautiful fantasy...

Thanks for sharing this!...it is now in my favorites.

[fly44d]

@settazteca the material of the rings would be in orbit. each rock in it's own orbit. once it all settled in, little would be coming out of the rings. The distance from the earth doesn't really matter if the material is in a stable orbit. The forming period would be a problem, but the size of the rocks would be small enough to burn up first.

[wwesww]

@blahblah1212 I'm with you guys but I don't have a cheese grater!

[dgreatunknown]

would be an extra celestrial navigational aid.

[settazteca]

They wud have to be much closer than the moon, wudnt that make some rocks fall in our planet cuz of gravity ?

[Keitaro2011]

There would also be an area of perpetual shadow.

[skyblazer7]

Amazing fantasy. Winter would be more depressing though as the rings would cut down the sunlight and heat reaching the atmosphere....so much colderd darker winters for anyone not near the Equator....but if it was truly spectacular (especially after sunset or shortly before sunrise), I'd go with it.

[SPRLDR]

This video should have shown us what it would look like when the rings were blocking out the light of the sun. Would it be like a solar eclipse? Would everything just get slightly darker because the rings aren't completely solid? Remember, this is something that would happen every day.