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Re:Saturn's Hexagon by chasil on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @08:33PM (#39545641)
I read some time ago that fluid dynamics researchers had reproduced the hexagon effect with a rotating drum full of insoluble fluids.
Re:Saturn's Hexagon by onlyrealcuzzo on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @08:36PM (#39545659)
From the article:

> Similar regular shapes were created in the laboratory when a circular tank of liquid was rotated at different speeds at its centre and periphery. The most common shape was six sided, but shapes with three to eight sides were also produced.

Re:Saturn's Hexagon by tifik on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @09:29PM (#39545911)
This video demonstrates various polygonal shapes forming in a spinning drum of boiling liquid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6L0vKP1_m4
Re:Saturn's Hexagon by Apocryphon on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @10:30PM (#39546137)
Not sure if link was shared because of this strange tweet from an a16z partner:

https://twitter.com/rmcentush/status/1762905410699481529

Re:Saturn's Hexagon by lwansbrough on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @11:49PM (#39546483)
Gonna pitch this guy a startup that fixes this.
Re:Saturn's Hexagon by philwelch on Thursday February 29, 2024 @08:33PM (#39557473)
If you find deranged, supernatural conspiracy theories fun and interesting, take a trip down the “Saturn cube” rabbit hole sometime. There is an entire occult mythology here.
Re:Saturn's Hexagon by kowalski7cc on Thursday February 29, 2024 @07:11AM (#39548355)
Hexagons are the bestagons