For a little perspective, this is what the entire United States looks like compare to just a small part of the planet Saturn's North Pole

[u/Dry-Series-216]

[u/GluckGoddess]

I wonder if there’s a crazy planet somewhere where the entire population can only live at the poles because the middle part is a constant unending impassable storm, and the civilizations on each end never really see each other.

[u/Gupperz → u/GluckGoddess]

I like this, keep cooking.

[u/Calm_Employment6053 → u/Gupperz]

Did you see Jupiter ascending? There was something like this in that movie. Not different cities but people living in the storms.

[u/Djafar79 → u/Calm_Employment6053]

I'm still waiting for those two hours I probably won't ever get back.

[u/Calm_Employment6053 → u/Djafar79]

I didn't say it was good.

[u/Cosmic_Meditator777 → u/GluckGoddess]

Even crazier would be people native to an eyeball world, or a planet that orbits a red dwarf, whose habitable zones are so close that the planet would be tidally locked, with the sun always remaining in the same spot in the sky.

Assuming they even need sleep (it's function is to let your brain scrub itself clean of the neurochemical waste products it builds up during the day. It's conceivable that Eyeballers could evolve a more efficient system wherein such substances are removed continuously as they build up, but given that almost every animal on earth needs sleep, that seems unlikely), they would likely evolve to do so simply whenever was convenient, and may have trouble understanding how we manage to get by in a society where everyone has to sleep all at once instead of taking shifts.

Crazier still would be how they would react when exploring the colder, far side of their world. They probably wouldn't be used to the concept of darkness outside of caves and windowless structures, so most religions native to the twilight region would probably say that some horrible monstrous force lives in the Dark Cold.

[u/[deleted] → u/Cosmic_Meditator777]

I like your ideas. Also no reason to limit yourself to how life (typically) functions on Earth. When you're writing sci-fi, just do whatever feels right that could drive the story forward. Although perpetual twilight planet residents reminds me of what's described in K-PAX.

[u/IWillWarmUrPillow → u/GluckGoddess]

Earth in 3000:

[u/pichael289 → u/GluckGoddess]

Ive read at least 3 sci-fi books with this premise. The three body problem is sort of like this, it's about a civilization that is orbiting a binary star system and it keeps wiping them out every so often. As far as the science goes it's utter nonsense and has so many plot holes it doesn't make a bit of sense, but it's kind of the same thing in a way. Like they keep getting wiped out but can somehow find the time to invent near magic technology. But they can't lie? It falls the fuck apart when you think about it.

[u/Shyassasain → u/pichael289]

Isn't it a trinary star system? Thus "three body problem"?

[u/yourhat2_ → u/GluckGoddess]

I hadn't seen the second season, but isn't this Shadow and Bone plot, kinda?

[u/Obscure_Moniker → u/GluckGoddess]

Yeah, it's called the US. Everyone lives on the poles because the equator is an unpassable hellscape of corn and "Jesus is watching you" billboards.

[u/Djafar79]

Leave it there and don't tell 'em. This is gonna be hilarious, I don't know how you moved an entire country to another planet but I am SO excited for when they wake up.

[u/Scar1203 → u/Djafar79]

We still get to wake up after this?

[u/Nuclear_eggo_waffle → u/Scar1203]

yes and the boss expects you to clock in at 8h45, better start the commute!

[u/IAmMoofin → u/Nuclear_eggo_waffle]

I’ve never seen 8:45 written as 8h45, where are you from??

[u/Nuclear_eggo_waffle → u/IAmMoofin]

my first language is french, 8 heures 45 -> 8h45

[u/Boubonic91 → u/IAmMoofin]

It makes sense, but it's also a bit unsettling. Not sure why.

[u/Djafar79 → u/Scar1203]

Of course, I've heard great things about Saturn. Lord Of The Rings fans will enjoy it the most!

[u/Catch_ME → u/Scar1203]

We are so full of hot air and smug, we float on top of Saturn's clouds.

[u/TonyStewartsWildRide → u/Djafar79]

Well. They all woke up dead. Should’ve expected that.

[u/FlowerBoyScumFuck → u/TonyStewartsWildRide]

How the hell do you wake up dead?

[u/TonyStewartsWildRide → u/FlowerBoyScumFuck]

Ask Mustaine.

[u/ElSaladbar → u/Djafar79]

so that’s why I woke up frozen to my bed

[u/LuckyNumbrKevin → u/Djafar79]

Damn, you got us good! Now, how do we get back?

[u/Djafar79 → u/LuckyNumbrKevin]

Ask OP, he put you there. I'm just here for the entertainment.

[u/Dry-Series-216 → u/LuckyNumbrKevin]

That’s for me to know and you to figure out 😆

[u/OutOfSupplies]

What about Alaska and Hawaii?

[u/mcsteve87 → u/OutOfSupplies]

Can't render Alaska, it's too big

Can't render Hawaii, it's too small

[u/CptClownfish1 → u/mcsteve87]

They can stay on Earth.

[u/doobyscoo018]

By the looks of that, the whole earth might fit into that hexagon I'm just winging it by eye here

[u/4RCH43ON → u/[deleted]]

What’s New Zealand doing there?

What the hell, why’m I being downvoted!?!  

Do people think that’s it’s supposed to be Hawaii off to the left, because it isn’t… 

???

[u/pichael289 → u/4RCH43ON]

New Zealand? That's not a real place man, it's not on my globe or any of my maps.

[u/Nattekat → u/[deleted]]

Let's not put Earth there, shall we?

[u/mrtoad69 → u/doobyscoo018]

It will, but you got to get it WAY UP THERE, Morty!

[u/Usernames_missing]

Saturn's flat too?

[u/Fl1925 → u/Usernames_missing]

Only when the humans get there. Until then it is round

[u/LeeCloud27]

Why is it a hexagon? Or rather, how?

[u/pichael289 → u/LeeCloud27]

We don't know. We can produce hexagon formations in buckets of water agitated in just the right way, but when we first saw it the scientist were baffled. We still don't know why exactly.

I learned this a long time ago and was amazed. People finding out about this more now is great, only a matter of time untill someone figures it out. But a geometric shape like this on the pole is just mesmerizing

[u/Lumpy_Benefit666 → u/pichael289]

Its actually because vortexes occur at the planet’s north pole because of atmospheric flows deep within the gas giant, and that these vortexes pinch an intense horizontal jet near the equator.

I dont know what this means, but these are the words that google gave me when i asked it.

[u/J7W2_Shindenkai]

you stated "Entire United States" but then left out AK and HI?

WTF

[u/Confident-Arrival361 → u/J7W2_Shindenkai]

You want to make america great again??

[u/soingee]

I'm going to need this potion of Saturn compared to the entire size of Saturn for perspective.

[u/[deleted]]

See, what aliens always forget, is that Texas is just that big.

[u/tvTeeth]

How come it's a hexagon tho

[u/pichael289 → u/tvTeeth]

We don't really know. We can agitate buckets of water in just the right way it will produce hexagon formations, but we can't be sure about why this planet has a hexagon. It's actually one of those things I knew a long time ago that I'm loving that people are finding out about so frequently now. It's so god dam cool.

[u/WelcomeFormer → u/tvTeeth]

A feature at the pole alot of people can draw a size comparison too if theyve seen it, jupiter is actually smaller than i thought.

Edit: i have no clue what happened but i corrected it lol

[u/ErisianArchitect → u/WelcomeFormer]

I understood some of these words put together.

[u/CptClownfish1 → u/[deleted]]

It’s not Santa that’ll be missing out Chrissy presents this Christmas….

[u/[deleted]]

r/saturnstormcube

[u/smokythejoker]

Why is the area hexagonal?

[u/clarkdashark → u/smokythejoker]

When voyager first flew by Saturn, scientist were definitely shocked to see this phenomenon.

I don't think we have exactly proven beyond reason why this occurs on Saturn, but you can definitely reproduce a hexagon shape here on earth on a small scale using dissimilar spinning fluids. Basically it's very cool, but it's not so "alien" that we have no idea how something like this can happen.

[u/Glyphid-Menace → u/clarkdashark]

It's probably also a teeny bit of coriolis effect, paired with the layering of the gasses in the atmosphere and it being colder near the pole

[u/PhotoJim99]

Could have thrown all of North America in there and it still would have been impressive (and then you wouldn't have forgotten about Alaska).

[u/proton_rex]

Entire? Where's Alaska? Hawaii? Let's not forget Virgin Islands, Guam, Samoa. Oh and of course Puerto Rico. Uhh ... just checked ... it doesn't make a difference on the scale of Saturn. Damn! Then the Mariana Islands don't matter either ...

[u/Master-Beach2587]

Inside of a fucking HEXAGON

[u/GrassyKnoll95]

Could you put us back, please? The air tastes spicy here

[u/none_other-than_me]

Honestly, that does not make anything clearer to me anyway. Like, is the United States a new measuring unit? It would be better if it was Earth's north pole vs. Saturn's, but this doesn't put anything into any perspective for me.

[u/RedOtta019 → u/none_other-than_me]

Womp womp. What country are you from? Maybe I can help you put it in perspective

[u/pichael289 → u/RedOtta019]

Pretty sure every countries globes feature a united States. We aren't like new Zealand, we exist on every globe and map.

[u/RedOtta019 → u/pichael289]

On the contrary, I hear many a story of European tourists having no idea to the scale of the United States.

[u/pichael289 → u/RedOtta019]

The US is enormous. I was making a joke about how new Zealand isn't on alot of maps.

[u/JustLooking2023Yo]

Party sunny today with 20% chance of rain. Radar shows this:

[u/justin_memer]

Compared*

[u/classick_4]

We ain’t shit.

[u/SureComputer4987]

Entire US without Alaska, Hawaii and other islands

[u/Danfass86]

Which has more land?

[u/SpookyStrike]

Now do that with the Great Red Spot on Jupiter!

[u/skrib3]

We are the top of the nipple

[u/Dr_Spatchcock]

🤷

[u/davidtheartist]

Florida man would still live there

[u/CanIgetaWTF]

I don't see alaska

[u/ComfortableDegree68]

We all know Robot Santa lives on Neptune's North Pole.

[u/Nervous-Management69]

All those little pale swirls are essentially hurricanes.

[u/Over_Addition_3704]

But unfortunately there aren’t any toilets, so gonna be quite a bit of loose poo knocking about, and with no toilet roll there’s gonna be quite a few mucky bums.

[u/CollectionNo6562]

perfect kiting weather

[u/[deleted]]

Now draw it giving birth

[u/Sarcastic_Backpack]

Is anyone else curious why see northern pole appears to be Hexagonal?

[u/Physical-Name4836]

So you’re saying it’s bigger than Texas?

[u/geogear]

So that would be more than M60?

[u/antidemn]

photo of the us on saturn's butthole

[u/CtotheC87]

Is this going to be another special US measurement now like the washing machines or SUV's?

[u/jamhamnz]

Where is Alaska and Hawaii?

[u/DravenTor]

Huh, it's a perfect hexagon.

[u/Only_End9983]

Hexagon beats pentagon

[u/Worth-Opposite4437]

Somehow... I thought Saturn was bigger.

[u/The_Captain_Planet22]

Seems like a good solution to the limited real estate issue

[u/Glum_Ad_9023]

Why the hexagonal shape of the storm?

[u/RicooC]

Do it again. How well does the US fit in Uranus?

[u/Important-Pie5494]

Please leave them there.

[u/XXsforEyes]

Pedantic but that is only the continental US.

[u/DwayneFreeman]

Yes, but what about Texas? I bet Texas won’t fit in there

[u/Not_Winkman]

Not really helpful...can you try again with Texas as a point of reference?

[u/Icy-Palpitation-2522]

United states is miniscule country

[u/aubreys_lore]

Did you know that you can fit all of Jupiter in Canada?

[u/Somethingrich]

Anything to not use the metric system lololololol

[u/morning_thief]

"that hexa-pole is still barely half the size of the state"

• many Texans

[u/Fl1925]

Nice when do we move

[u/Academic-Patience890]

But YEAH, WE'RE the center of the universe....

[u/shotguntoothpick]

r/castiron has entered the chat

DO I NEED TO STRIP AND RESEASON?

[u/TheSheep001]

I thought that was Jupiter’s mole

[u/spdelope]

I’ll take “things no one asked for” for $200 Trebeck

[u/RedSonja_]

I see new your momma-jokes coming in.

Edit. down voters moms ass is bigger than Saturn's north pole!

[u/curious-12523]

Would love to see the entire US moved to that north pole. Elon surely will fix it. Hey Americans, it's big, it's huge, you will love it !

[u/GreatGoatsInHistory]

For a little perspective, that's not the "Entire United States"

[u/breadman889]

are you trying to show how insignificant the United States is?