Uniquely ringed Saturn, that gaseous orb of "endless atmosphere" in the frozen outer reaches of the solar system, has 5,000-mile-deep clouds and weather systems that have raged for centuries.
Its famous rings -- 45,000 miles wide -- are a lot younger than the planet itself, likely exploded from one of the gravity-rich orb's 62 moons that got too close to the mother body. In their midst is a two-mile-high wall of circulating rubble!
One little quibble with this stunning series is that one episode doesn't build off another. The previous segment, on Jupiter, cast Saturn as Earth's savior, straying from its orbit billions of years ago to enable our chunk of rock to evolve into one that could support life, in contrast with Mars and the asteroid belt's largest sphere, Ceres.
When one thinks of such dynamics, it's hard not to think about God having a hand in the outcome. We're so blessed to have found ourselves alive on the solar system's masterpiece!
Its famous rings -- 45,000 miles wide -- are a lot younger than the planet itself, likely exploded from one of the gravity-rich orb's 62 moons that got too close to the mother body. In their midst is a two-mile-high wall of circulating rubble!
One little quibble with this stunning series is that one episode doesn't build off another. The previous segment, on Jupiter, cast Saturn as Earth's savior, straying from its orbit billions of years ago to enable our chunk of rock to evolve into one that could support life, in contrast with Mars and the asteroid belt's largest sphere, Ceres.
When one thinks of such dynamics, it's hard not to think about God having a hand in the outcome. We're so blessed to have found ourselves alive on the solar system's masterpiece!
