We have got to get ourselves some rings

[roseembolism]

That is, Earth has got to get itself a ring system. Why? Because from he ground, it would be stunningly beautiful, as this video shows:

Can you imagine what it would be like if Earth had had those rings throughout history? The entire history of astronomy would be different, as there would be no doubt that the earth was round. And beyond that, the effect on religion and mythology I can't even imagine.

So there's obviously only one thing we can do: move a largish asteroid, say the sized of Ceres into close orbit, and convert it into rings. We owe it to future generations.

Comments

[dragonluk.livejournal.com]

Put a ring on it?

[devonapple.livejournal.com]

I propose Burger King do a promotional tie-in whereby the Earth is surrounded with an orbital ring of actual, space-frozen packets of onion rings. Then when there is hunger identified anywhere in the world, satellites can flick the packages towards the afflicted region: the atmosphere will cook them on re-entry, and voila!

[rfmcdpei.livejournal.com]

Ceres would be too large, plus it would be a dark body producing dark-coloured rings. It's better to bring in an icy body, perhaps a small moon of Saturn, to be pulverized for Earth-ringing.

[deirdremoon.livejournal.com]

Not only was that gorgeous in its own right, but I got to see pics of international landmarks I'd never seen before. Iran was particularly beautiful.