Water on Saturn

[Spentkustard]

This is some crazy sh*t! Its pretty cool to think about, Like if there
was life forms on other planets and sh*t what they would look
like...... How would they live? Would they smoke a plant on there
planet?

[Sonthert]

Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune have strong reducing atmospheres. Water is a product of an oxidizing atmosphere, hydrogen wouldn't burn it would be free, even more likely to be bound in methane and ammonia. In fact, some scientists conjecture that the "surface" of Saturn is a meaningless term, since it's predominantly gases, there may not be a solid core, or at least a rocky/iron core. Besides, the gravity and the pressure on the surface would be so strong, it would crush us like rice crispies.

[Ghaleon]

Awwww c'mon Tangiers, that's no fun... have a little imagination

[Ghaleon]

Oh, and speaking of astronomy, was anyone else able to see the solar eclipse last week?  It was about 80% from where I was.  Quite impressive.

[Sonthert]

[quote name='Ghaleon']Awwww c'mon Tangiers, that's no fun... have a little imagination[/quote]Oh...OK!If Saturn had life, there would be great floating dirigible-like creatures, called krillia, that had gassy bags that they floated with. Tiny hairs outline them and allow them to change direction and move with surprising agility. They would have the ability to inflate or deflate their bags to change altitude. Long tendrils would descend from their underside to catch the microscopic organisms of Saturn's atmosphere. They would be a brilliant semi-iridescent yellowish orange color to blend in with the color of the sky of Saturn and travel in small packs. Smaller, dark reddish, predatory flying creatures called vorcerzilli circle the skies and attack in great numbers to kill and eat the krillia. One vorcerzillium descends low and makes a run at a lone krillia, the other krillia using tiny hair-like projections to change their direction away from the attacking creatures. Other vorcerzillia attach themselves and begin feeding on the hapless krillia. Another prevalent form of life are the gigantic, spidery plant-like creatures called sciderates. Their enormous thready structures allow them to float in the light atmosphere of Saturn, like a dandelion in the wind. They intake ammonia, methane, phosphine and Hydrogen sulfide through their sticky threads from the atmosphere. They spend their entire life floating around, blowing hither and yon like a butterfly. The sciderates release somewhat free oxygen in the form of sulfates and phosphates. The slower, more deliberate krillia rarely interact with the sciderates, but the occasional vorcerzillium will careless fly through and get tangled in their vast thready net trying to steal a tasty, blobby pocket of phosphate floating near the sciderate's thready net-like body. The sciderate will then slowly digest the trapped vocerzillium. Thats how life on Saturn works.Satisfied, Ghaleon? Imaginitive?

[Ghaleon]

Haha.  Yes, very satisfied.  Thanks Tangiers.

[Spentkustard]

[quote name='Tangiers'][quote name='Ghaleon']Awwww c'mon Tangiers, that's no fun... have a little imagination[/quote]Oh...OK!If
Saturn had life, there would be great floating dirigible-like
creatures, called krillia, that had gassy bags that they floated with.
Tiny hairs outline them and allow them to change direction and move
with surprising agility. They would have the ability to inflate or
deflate their bags to change altitude. Long tendrils would descend from
their underside to catch the microscopic organisms of Saturn's
atmosphere. They would be a brilliant semi-iridescent yellowish orange
color to blend in with the color of the sky of Saturn and travel in
small packs. Smaller, dark reddish, predatory flying creatures called
vorcerzilli circle the skies and attack in great numbers to kill and
eat the krillia. One vorcerzillium descends low and makes a run at a
lone krillia, the other krillia using tiny hair-like projections to
change their direction away from the attacking creatures. Other
vorcerzillia attach themselves and begin feeding on the hapless
krillia. Another prevalent form of life are the gigantic, spidery
plant-like creatures called sciderates. Their enormous thready
structures allow them to float in the light atmosphere of Saturn, like
a dandelion in the wind. They intake ammonia, methane, phosphine and
Hydrogen sulfide through their sticky threads from the atmosphere. They
spend their entire life floating around, blowing hither and yon like a
butterfly. The sciderates release somewhat free oxygen in the form of
sulfates and phosphates. The slower, more deliberate krillia rarely
interact with the sciderates, but the occasional vorcerzillium will
careless fly through and get tangled in their vast thready net trying
to steal a tasty, blobby pocket of phosphate floating near the
sciderate's thready net-like body. The sciderate will then slowly
digest the trapped vocerzillium. Thats how life on Saturn works.Satisfied, Ghaleon? Imaginitive?
[/quote]

Man dont you have a company to run? Sh*t that must have toke a least a half an hour to write? haha

[Sonthert]

Yeah, well, 20 minutes anyways...its my break...I can't work 14 hours a day everyday.

[Sonthert]

I was just reading, this minute, an article on the giant ice/water plumes from the southern hemisphere of Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, and how they believe there might be life. Actually there is a slim chance of life.  The moon has no atmosphere, so water normally would just turn from ice to vapor, once the temperature got warm enough, but there seems to be liquid water, which would indicate conditions that are about right for life.

[Ghaleon]

whoah.  could you provide a link to said article?

[Sonthert]

Yes: Union Tribune, Quest section, 04/12/06. Wait, thats not what you meant. Frankly, I do very little on the internet, except the Hookah Forum.

[Ghaleon]

that'll do.  thanks allot.
Here's a link to a similar article for all who are interested
[url="http://www.physorg.com/news6237.html"]http://www.physorg.com/news6237.html[/url]