Jason Davis • Jun 26, 2013
What would Earth's skies look like with Saturn's rings?
Illustrator and author Ron Miller specializes in, among other things, incredible visualizations of other worlds. He has rendered the surface of Titan, peered into black holes for Discover magazine, and designed a Pluto stamp that is currently hurtling toward the far reaches of our solar system aboard the New Horizons spacecraft.
Now, Miller brings his visualizations back to Earth for a series exploring what our skies would look like with Saturn’s majestic rings. Miller strived to make the images scientifically accurate, adding nice touches like orange-pink shadows resulting from sunlight passing through the Earth’s atmosphere. He also shows the rings from a variety of latitudes and landscapes, from the U.S. Capitol building to Mayan ruins in Guatemala.
We'll start with Washington, D.C. and work our way southward.
![Rings over Washington D.C.](https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_2400x1931_crop_center-center_82_line/20130626_40-washington-dc.jpg 2400w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_1200x965_crop_center-center_82_line/20130626_40-washington-dc.jpg 1200w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_768x618_crop_center-center_60_line/20130626_40-washington-dc.jpg 768w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_576x463_crop_center-center_60_line/20130626_40-washington-dc.jpg 576w)
![Rings from Guatemala](https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_1200x1325_crop_center-center_82_line/20130626_15-guatamala-opt.jpg 1200w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_768x848_crop_center-center_60_line/20130626_15-guatamala-opt.jpg 768w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_576x636_crop_center-center_60_line/20130626_15-guatamala-opt.jpg 576w)
![Saturn's rings from Earth's equator](https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_1200x1830_crop_center-center_82_line/20130626_equator-quito.jpg 1200w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_768x1171_crop_center-center_60_line/20130626_equator-quito.jpg 768w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_576x878_crop_center-center_60_line/20130626_equator-quito.jpg 576w)
![Equinox at the equator](https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_2400x3009_crop_center-center_82_line/20130626_equinox-at-the-equator.jpg 2400w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_1200x1504_crop_center-center_82_line/20130626_equinox-at-the-equator.jpg 1200w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_768x963_crop_center-center_60_line/20130626_equinox-at-the-equator.jpg 768w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_576x722_crop_center-center_60_line/20130626_equinox-at-the-equator.jpg 576w)
![Tropic of Capricorn, midnight](https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_1200x340_crop_center-center_82_line/20130626_tropic-of-cancer-opt.jpg 1200w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_768x217_crop_center-center_60_line/20130626_tropic-of-cancer-opt.jpg 768w, https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_576x163_crop_center-center_60_line/20130626_tropic-of-cancer-opt.jpg 576w)
Note: Ron Miller has graciously allowed us to repost these images. They are copyrighted, and any further use requires his permission.
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