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hunter

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7. If I was building an interstellar space travel portal it might look like Saturn.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Mon Jul 21, 2014, 11:43 PM

Jul 2014

The rings, the hexagon... Maybe you fly into the "eye" of the polar vortex and pop out the eye of some other Saturn light years distant.

Ah well, it would make a good story.

Inside the vortex:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn's_hexagon

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The Hexagon [View all] n2doc Jul 2014 OP

Great Image. Makes me think of Jack Chalker's Well World series CBGLuthier Jul 2014 #1

Midnight at the Well of Souls immoderate Jul 2014 #2

That's just the bolt that keeps the rings attached mindwalker_i Jul 2014 #3

Do we currently have a satisfactory explanation as to why there is a polar hexagon on Saturn? Enthusiast Jul 2014 #4

Here's one explanation n2doc Jul 2014 #5

I was hoping they would say, Enthusiast Jul 2014 #6

If I was building an interstellar space travel portal it might look like Saturn. hunter Jul 2014 #7