Yeah riiiiiiight in the midddle...there it is.
So there is a massive (15,000 mile wide) hexagon on the North Pole of Saturn that has just been straight kickin’ it for 15 years now. Just…sittin’ there… It’s not as spooky as it sounds, but it’s also a lot spookier than it sounds.
The hexagon is not a giant monolith, so you can get that out of your head right away. Rather, it’s an atmospheric structure not too dissimilar from what appears on it’s south pole. The only difference is…this is a hexagon. What gets creepy about it is that there is an inexplicable hot spot (somewhere in the area of 70 Kelvin) at the center of the storm which is inferred by some to be the result of some sort of eruptive event on the surface. An eruptive event that is emitting a relatively consistent tone, that is. Powerful enough to cause a 15,000 mile wide geometrically shaped storm cloud. Bad. Ass.
If you are a visual learner, check it out this lovely chart.
It seems that for some time, we have known about the impact that vibration can have on matter (see also: stuff) for centuries. See this demonstration video. When subjected to strong enough tones, matter will align itself into a geometric pattern according to the frequency of that tone. It’s really quite beautiful and haunting.
It is theorized by some that African tribes and Tibetan monks (separately, since they have never really been on speaking terms) experimented with this on the heads of their drums, thus birthing the study of cymatics. More notably, however, the infamous Rosslyn Church features stone carvings of supposed vibrational symbols in it’s archways. Scientists and musicians teamed up to determine the melody it was depicting which can be seen and heard in this video. Gnarly!
Here’s the kicker. NASA has recorded these radio emissions coming from the poles of Saturn which supposedly have a more distinct tonality than anything they’ve observed in space before. They’ve even dropped the tones down a few octaves to within human range and so that simpletons like you and I can hear them ourselves! NASA…always thinking of the little people.
Click here for the recordings.
Click here for the NASA press release.
So that leaves us with the question…What the hell is going on????
I have no idea.
(thanks to Rick Carver for leading me to this story)
For even more info: Check out this link
Hrmm that was weird, my comment got eaten. Anywho I wanted to say that it’s nice to know that someone else also touched on this as I had trouble finding the same information elsewhere. This was the first place that helped me understand this. Thanks.
…Woah, I’m LISTENING TO SATURN.