Comments on: Unusual and awesome view of Saturn http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/21/unusual-and-awesome-view-of-saturn/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:24:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: fauxlish http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/21/unusual-and-awesome-view-of-saturn/comment-page-1/#comment-185704 fauxlish Fri, 22 May 2009 23:35:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/21/unusual-and-awesome-view-of-saturn/#comment-185704 Embiggen is a perfectly cromulent word... Embiggen is a perfectly cromulent word…

]]> By: Crux Australis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/21/unusual-and-awesome-view-of-saturn/comment-page-1/#comment-185301 Crux Australis Thu, 21 May 2009 23:51:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/21/unusual-and-awesome-view-of-saturn/#comment-185301 flawedprefect: we'd all love to see that animation when you have it! flawedprefect: we’d all love to see that animation when you have it!

]]> By: flawedprefect http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/21/unusual-and-awesome-view-of-saturn/comment-page-1/#comment-185274 flawedprefect Thu, 21 May 2009 21:49:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/21/unusual-and-awesome-view-of-saturn/#comment-185274 Hey Dr Phil (ie: the GOOD Dr Phil, not he one who calls people "IDIOT"... except for maybe antivaxxers). As a 3D artist, I am attempting to recreate this lighting phenomena in 3D based on your description. You've given me enough clues to place my lighting, so I would be happy to email you the results, just so we can see how it works. Note: While 3D effects are synonymous with "fakery", seeing how the situations are faked con provide very real insights into how natural phenomena work. Stay tuned! Paul C Hey Dr Phil (ie: the GOOD Dr Phil, not he one who calls people “IDIOT”… except for maybe antivaxxers).

As a 3D artist, I am attempting to recreate this lighting phenomena in 3D based on your description. You’ve given me enough clues to place my lighting, so I would be happy to email you the results, just so we can see how it works.

Note: While 3D effects are synonymous with “fakery”, seeing how the situations are faked con provide very real insights into how natural phenomena work. Stay tuned!

Paul C

]]> By: Senethior459 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/21/unusual-and-awesome-view-of-saturn/comment-page-1/#comment-185272 Senethior459 Thu, 21 May 2009 21:46:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/21/unusual-and-awesome-view-of-saturn/#comment-185272 You can see Discovery, over in the bottom right corner! Hello, HAL! You can see Discovery, over in the bottom right corner! Hello, HAL!

]]> By: unquiet_mind http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/21/unusual-and-awesome-view-of-saturn/comment-page-1/#comment-185222 unquiet_mind Thu, 21 May 2009 19:32:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/21/unusual-and-awesome-view-of-saturn/#comment-185222 Poe! Poe!

]]> By: Elegiac View http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/21/unusual-and-awesome-view-of-saturn/comment-page-1/#comment-185208 Elegiac View Thu, 21 May 2009 19:03:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/21/unusual-and-awesome-view-of-saturn/#comment-185208 Arik Rice, I suggest that you think a moment before saying such a thing. This is a photograph, no? Therefore, photographs can be subject to certain techniques, such as lighting, positioning, etc. I also would very much doubt that Discover Magazine would post a 'fake' image on their site. Arik Rice, I suggest that you think a moment before saying such a thing.

This is a photograph, no? Therefore, photographs can be subject to certain techniques, such as lighting, positioning, etc.

I also would very much doubt that Discover Magazine would post a ‘fake’ image on their site.

]]> By: Arik Rice http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/21/unusual-and-awesome-view-of-saturn/comment-page-1/#comment-185186 Arik Rice Thu, 21 May 2009 18:08:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/21/unusual-and-awesome-view-of-saturn/#comment-185186 Fake. I can see the strings. And there's no, er, stars. Yeah. This proves my theory that Saturn is made of rubber ducks 100%. :P Fake. I can see the strings. And there’s no, er, stars. Yeah.

This proves my theory that Saturn is made of rubber ducks 100%. :P

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