Some religious people like to say that the proof of the existence of god is all the beauty found in nature.

Oh yeah? THEN WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T GOD GIVE EARTH RINGS?! 

I can appreciate that he did the math to get the still frames accurate, but would it have really killed the render times to put a few more frakking polys onto the stupid sphere he used? 

The politician who runs on the promise of building said rings will receive my vote. 

If the Earth really did have rings, how would this planet be different, other than the pretty view? What is the mass of this theoretical ring, and how would that affect tides? How would the sun reflecting off of it, or filtering through it, affect the climate? Would the Earth be cooler, warmer, or the same? Would nights be warmer due to reflection so close to the planet? How would these rings affect the crazy people who believe in astrology?

SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS! 

this is super gay. 

I wonder if science would've progressed faster... it might be easier to figure out the planet is round when it's surrounded by a ring. 

didn't want to watch it the first time i encountered it.
strange to see i found it here again. 

Atharaenea said:

If the Earth really did have rings, how would this planet be different, other than the pretty view?

I'm thinking it would kinda suck a little in this sense: Those bright-ass rings at night would kill our view of the stars.

It would be like having a Wal-Mart parking lot right next to you wherever you went. 

Atharaenea said:

I wonder if science would've progressed faster... it might be easier to figure out the planet is round when it's surrounded by a ring.

Very interesting observation. I'm guessing your speculated scenario might be a likely one.

Furthermore, how would it effect religion if science were to have developed faster than it did? 

yea i really like those questions you guys are asking. i bet it would be insanely different. 

Atharaenea said:

I wonder if science would've progressed faster... it might be easier to figure out the planet is round when it's surrounded by a ring.

Not really. A flat Earth with a band of space debris magically hovering above it in a straight line across the equator would look essentially the same, unless someone tried to go around the planet. 

Well, basically we'd never be able to launch satellites.
All satellites have a basically circular (well, elliptical) orbit with the center of the earth as the center. The orbital plane can be aligned with the equator, or polar, or anywhere in between. The equatorial is right out, since it would place a delicate satellite through a cloud of rocks. But all the other orbits must PASS THROUGH the equatorial plane, and a plane of rocks at extremely high relative speed is just not survivable. So, no satellite communication, GPS, Hubble telescope, etc. 

I think they're cool.
Shh! Don't let anyone hear you.
Hey, did that guy just say that rings are cool?
No, he said they're stupid.
Cool!  

Would be such a pleasant view, but i much prefer the sight of stars. I dont think ive ever seen the night sky without light pollution. 

I'd live in northern Alaska so I wouldn't have to see that shit. 

"HowWhat would the Earth look like if it had a ring system like Saturn's?"

Fixed. 

epic rimjob 

1:31= Ring from the first halo. 

I'm not sure how much the producer of this video knows about astronomy and astro physics, but if earth were to have rings, I doubt that they'd look like saturns. Firstly they're depicted as being fantastically close to earth They're shown as being like 10k km from earth's surface which is ridiculous. Saturn's moons are roughly the same distance as the most outer rings 160k - 200k km. So If we were to have rings they'd most likely be very very far away, like 300k km away. So we'd have really thin, barely visible rings if they formed at all. These things are depicted as being withing our outer atmosphere, which is ridiculous.

This would have been cool if it wasn't just photoshopping Saturn's rings onto pictures of earth. 

A shoddily done but more accurate version of what it might look like 

ok, next project, how about if the earth had massive chicken wings and a trunk? 

Atharaenea said:

Some religious people like to say that the proof of the existence of god is all the beauty found in nature.

Oh yeah? THEN WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T GOD GIVE EARTH RINGS?!

Because then you fuckers would be like, "oh, wouldn't it be beautiful if Earth didn't have rings, like Mars?"

assholes.

-god 

I wonder if these stills are accurate visualizations. Also, would the equator be as warm if a strong shadow was on it for a part of the day?
/needs explanation and perfect accuracy 

We could always blow up the moon and get a ring...but then we'd probably all be fucked what with the Earth's axis going bat shit crazy and all. 

ave maria killed it for me 

Deathcap said:

I'm not sure how much the producer of this video knows about astronomy and astro physics, but if earth were to have rings, I doubt that they'd look like saturns. Firstly they're depicted as being fantastically close to earth They're shown as being like 10k km from earth's surface which is ridiculous. Saturn's moons are roughly the same distance as the most outer rings 160k - 200k km. So If we were to have rings they'd most likely be very very far away, like 300k km away. So we'd have really thin, barely visible rings if they formed at all. These things are depicted as being withing our outer atmosphere, which is ridiculous.

This would have been cool if it wasn't just photoshopping Saturn's rings onto pictures of earth.

Way to shit all over this. I guess now you'll tell me there really aren't bikini-clad hotties living in the jungles of Venus? 

trippy mannn 

Ave Maria sounds much better when it's not so opera-ish. 

I'd imagine you would never need a compass... 

@ Atharaenea

God thought rings were so special that he decided to give us each our very own 

I'm only guessing but if we had rings instead of a moon, we wouldn't have all the tidal forces we experience on a daily basis. That would probably screw even more stuff up. 

now earth and saturn can get married! 

Another good reason to blow up the moon. Moon debris would make a cool ring! 

People love bashing God. Bottom line is God created everything and He knows what He is doing. For us to have rings the moon needs to go. Fortunately, for you God exists so He made the moon that keeps the earth in balance. without the moon we'd be in serious trouble... from tides, to seasons, to daytimes...