Pruned: Geological Investigation of the Alluvial Valley of the Lower Mississippi River, Part V

Geological Investigation of the Alluvial Valley of the Lower Mississippi River, Part V

A cylindrical projection of Jupiter stitched together from photos taken by the Cassini spacecraft during its December 2000 flyby of the planet.

Jupiter

(Image courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.)

Can someone confirm for me whether or not the Army Corps of Engineers are salivating over this photo? Is it tempting them, taunting them to pack up all their trinkets — their weirs, flumes, levees, spillways, etc. &mdash and head on over to the gas giant to arrest its whorls and vortices in time and place?

The Giant Red Spot National Park. And no, it's not a dog park.

But as there really is no financial or ecological reason to be creating another national park, landscape astroengineers might just simply construct dentritic hyper-mississipian superstructures — a Jovian Theatrum Machinarum — to funnel its turbulent bands over and under, disrupting their neat parallel formation. Vortices against vortices. Cataracts against cataracts. All colliding and churning to the point when, despite falling short of critical mass and what the laws of physics might have to say otherwise, Jupiter collides in on itself and finally detonates, reborn into a star.

The Star of Fisk. The Star of Pruned? Perhaps there will be a naming competition.

In the Archives:
Part IV
Part III
Part II
Part I

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jh
April 5, 2006 at 8:29:00 AM CDT
Beautiful! Can hardly wait for Google Jupiter (Apparently Mars is still awaiting the finishing touches).

Also while I'm not completely certain, I think you can see Jupiter's new red spot on the bottom right of the image.

jh
April 5, 2006 at 8:30:00 AM CDT
Better make that "bottom left" (sigh).

Anonymous
April 15, 2007 at 6:02:00 PM CDT
it would be nice to see a cylinder of earth beside it to scale

Anonymous
March 28, 2008 at 11:39:00 PM CDT
Beautifully written, my friend, and point well taken.

christina

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	Geological Investigation of the Alluvial Valley of the Lower Mississippi River, Part V Thursday, March 30, 2006 #space A cylindrical projection of Jupiter stitched together from photos taken by the Cassini spacecraft during its December 2000 flyby of the planet. (Image courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.) Can someone confirm for me whether or not the Army Corps of Engineers are salivating over this photo? Is it tempting them, taunting them to pack up all their trinkets — their weirs, flumes, levees, spillways, etc. &mdash and head on over to the gas giant to arrest its whorls and vortices in time and place? The Giant Red Spot National Park. And no, it's not a dog park. But as there really is no financial or ecological reason to be creating another national park, landscape astroengineers might just simply construct dentritic hyper-mississipian superstructures — a Jovian Theatrum Machinarum — to funnel its turbulent bands over and under, disrupting their neat parallel formation. Vortices against vortices. Cataracts against cataracts. All colliding and churning to the point when, despite falling short of critical mass and what the laws of physics might have to say otherwise, Jupiter collides in on itself and finally detonates, reborn into a star. The Star of Fisk. The Star of Pruned? Perhaps there will be a naming competition. In the Archives: Part IV Part III Part II Part I 4 COMMENTS — jh April 5, 2006 at 8:29:00 AM CDT Beautiful! Can hardly wait for Google Jupiter (Apparently Mars is still awaiting the finishing touches). Also while I'm not completely certain, I think you can see Jupiter's new red spot on the bottom right of the image. jh April 5, 2006 at 8:30:00 AM CDT Better make that "bottom left" (sigh). Anonymous April 15, 2007 at 6:02:00 PM CDT it would be nice to see a cylinder of earth beside it to scale Anonymous March 28, 2008 at 11:39:00 PM CDT Beautifully written, my friend, and point well taken. christina Post a Comment — Comments on posts older than a week are moderated — —— Newer Post Older Post —— Home	1