Ringmakers of Saturn PDF - Patrick Crusade

RINGMAKERS OF SATURN
temperature. Temperature of arc lights employing earth technology is
limited chiefly by the melting temperature of the electrodes (analogous
to filaments) which supply potential differential. For carbon electrodes,
this limit temperature is about 3700 degrees Celsius (6700
degrees Fahrenheit). Even this modest temperature is adequate to melt
most solids indigenous to earth. The luminous-point filament electrodes,
in all probability, develop much higher temperatures. Because
the isolated luminous point of light implies a current flow, which in
turn implies a magnetic field, the conclusion is reached that the source
vehicle and surroundings are electromagnetic in character.
Plate 16 presents two lightning bolts in and above Saturn's cloud
tops. This photograph is an enlargement of Plate 14 in the area labeled
"lightning location" and "lightning source". To improve visual
orientation, the picture has been inverted so that dark space occurs in
the upper half of the frame and a small section of Saturn in the lower
Plate 16: Two lightning bolts appear in and above Saturn's cloud tops. Photograph is an
enlargement of Plate 14 in the area labeled "lightning location".
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