March 28, 2007: Hexagon on Saturn - Page 3

Clodfobble · 03-29-2007, 03:33 PM

But a sine wave is nothing but a shape too, really... it doesn't imply a specific medium or source or anything like that.

03-29-2007, 04:04 PM

Alien metal concert.

Cloud · 03-29-2007, 05:48 PM

love the skulls!

Undertoad · 03-29-2007, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Wait, Photoshop has a polar coordinates filter? What's next? Path integrals?

I was thinking about this, and you know, it's not surprising... the bulk of the best things that Photoshop can do is just really hard math! All the filters are math in disguise.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-29-2007, 10:45 PM

Is that why it's so big? I have 4 and 5 and 5.5 and gave 'em up for elements, because I'm to dumb to use all the stuff in the full size versions. Hell, I've been using elements for a couple years and just discovered it has talk bubbles. Duh

Kagen4o4 · 04-03-2007, 05:46 AM

APoD finally got around to it. probably influenced by the cellar

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070403.html

xoxoxoBruce · 04-03-2007, 07:45 PM

The movie clip shows the inside and out side of the hex rotating at the same relative speed.

juggle5 · 04-07-2007, 10:46 AM

I think it's a polar jet stream. The earth's northern hemisphere jet stream often falls into stable 4-wave and 5-wave patterns lasting several weeks, 4-wave most common in summer and 5-wave in winter. My meteorology professor said that six and seven wave patterns happened but were very unstable. I guess a six wave pattern on Saturn is very stable.

milkfish · 04-08-2007, 10:56 AM

Does the Earth's northern hemisphere jet stream also have skulls in it? Like around Iceland?

xoxoxoBruce · 04-08-2007, 08:55 PM

Yes, although some are being used.

celina · 04-10-2007, 07:12 PM

great pics.

DanaC · 04-10-2007, 07:31 PM

Fascinating. The sciencey stuff kind of lost me....I never could get my head around trig. I mean....doing some of the equations with a log book as per high school exercises I could just about manage, but I could never visualise what it was I was doing. I just followed the formula I'd been given. It was, and is, meaningless to me as applied to the real world.

Quote:

What do you call a mushroom that takes you out and feeds you drinks?...... A fungi to be with.

Aheh.

Slight · 04-08-2010, 07:15 PM

I saw this Science article on /. that shows how to recreate this 6 wave pattern in the lab. I found this quote from the article quite telling about the fact that other people like @juggle5 have seen this stuff before:

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“Most planetary scientists are not aware of how ubiquitous these sorts of patterns are in fluid dynamics.” -Anna Barbosa Aguiar

03-29-2007, 03:33 PM	#31
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03-29-2007, 05:48 PM	#33
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03-29-2007, 10:45 PM	#35
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Is that why it's so big? I have 4 and 5 and 5.5 and gave 'em up for elements, because I'm to dumb to use all the stuff in the full size versions. Hell, I've been using elements for a couple years and just discovered it has talk bubbles. Duh __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-03-2007, 05:46 AM	#36
Kagen4o4 The Sheriff of Nothingland Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 1,794	APoD finally got around to it. probably influenced by the cellar http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070403.html __________________ something we both can enjoy??

04-03-2007, 07:45 PM	#37
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The movie clip shows the inside and out side of the hex rotating at the same relative speed. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-29-2007, 04:04 PM	#32
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Alien metal concert.

04-07-2007, 10:46 AM	#38
juggle5 Retired Grizzled Geezer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Missouri Posts: 3	I think it's a polar jet stream. The earth's northern hemisphere jet stream often falls into stable 4-wave and 5-wave patterns lasting several weeks, 4-wave most common in summer and 5-wave in winter. My meteorology professor said that six and seven wave patterns happened but were very unstable. I guess a six wave pattern on Saturn is very stable. __________________ Juggle5

04-08-2007, 10:56 AM	#39
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	Does the Earth's northern hemisphere jet stream also have skulls in it? Like around Iceland? __________________ A genius is one who can do anything except make a living. - Joey Lauren Adams

04-08-2007, 08:55 PM	#40
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yes, although some are being used. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-10-2007, 07:12 PM	#41
celina Fellow-Commoner Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 10	great pics.

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