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 Hexagon on Saturn2007-03-31 00:19
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by Flemming Funch

Strange indeed. A giant hexagon on Saturn's north pole. 25,000 km wide, 60 km deep. Bigger than the red spot on Jupiter. And it seems to be stable, since it was first spotted by Voyager 26 years ago. Nobody seems to be able to explain how it can be hexagonal of all things, with almost regular even sides. I think it is that big bolt you see in the middle, which holds the planet's axis together. Or maybe it is the headquarters of the defense department for the Saturnians.


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2 Apr 2007 @ 20:36 by a-d : I vote
for the Bolt Idea! : )  

14 Apr 2007 @ 00:35 by jerryvest : This hexagon looks just like
the Arica Symbol. The symbol represents a mantra as follows:

God is Eternal,
Is in All of Us,
Is in Everything,
Is One without Second.

Do visit the link and see what you see. {link:http://www.arica.org}

Jerry

Hi A-D. :)  

17 Apr 2007 @ 15:22 by Shawn Murphy @66.18.202.245 : Rayleigh-Benard convection cells
This lovely structure is probably an example of a "closed Rayleigh-Benard convection cell". The hexagonal shape comes from the fact that circles pack in sixes.
http://www.etl.noaa.gov/about/eo/science/convection/RBCells.html

Fleming, we noticed a geological version of these in Utah, remember? The small roadside instance that we saw was rather like the "Giant's Causeway" in Ireland: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant's_Causeway  

19 Apr 2007 @ 21:52 by a-d : Thanks Jerry
for the link! : )/a-d  

6 May 2009 @ 18:38 by rezo @65.102.82.139 : Hyperdimensinal hexagon
The hexagon is perhaps one of the most important shapes to sacred geometry.With so many strange coincidences involving this shape,ones curiosity can only continue to grow..The phenomena of this shape will actually,one day,unfold and be recognized as the basis of understanding.  

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