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If Earth Had Rings

First off, they would be really pretty to look at. They would also dominate the sky in both night and day at exactly the same place as they would never rise nor set. And at night you would see the Earth’s shadow swing across the rings, like in the 4th photo here.

However, life would be very different on Earth if this were the case. Nocturnal animals would have a hard time being nocturnal, as the light reflecting from the rings would illuminate the night.

Because we are closer to the Sun than Saturn is, the rings would be more rocky than ice, making them less bright but still pretty bright. In fact, you would see far less stars at night (living anywhere other than the equator or the arctic circle) because of the light pollution and not to mention ruin most meteor showers because of that.

During the day the rings would block sunlight in certain regions of the planet creating wild weather cycles and effecting plant life as well. So basically, they would be definitely pretty to look at but they would also make a whole lot of things screwy.

Illustrations by Ron Miller // io9
— Click the photos for captions

Day update

Went to yama for sushi, Amy’s treat!

Girls shopped for shoes and makeup after, while I scoped out Barnes and noble / gamestop in Annapolis. Returned home, watched still more it crowd, then I won at settlers of catan by a hair.

We played about 15 hands of we didn’t playtest this at all and this either, and victories seemed fairly distributed, though I did get to poke Allison and calculate prime numbers while doing rock paper scissor.

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Placeholder for Saturday

Amy arrived!
BHK vacation!
Plaza Mexico with margaritas for the gals

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Sushi roll, Allison wins 5 games soundly, though Amy is a snap-fiend
Smash up,Allison’s dinosaur wizards barely defeat my cyberpunk ninjas and Amy’s fairy bear cavalry. 15 to 14 to 11

Gifted hp lovecraft mansions of madness boardgame!