I watch “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and during the opening credits, this bizarre if-Saturn-were-hot-lava planet shows up, both confounding me and fascinating me:
I was wondering if a planet can really look like that (I still am), when I came across this APOD image of Saturn, photographed in infrared:
A Roll in the Universe 
3 replies on “Glowing planets”
Good old Star Trek. Of course the opening credits wouldn\’t be complete without a hot lava planet!
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Crazy!Nice to be able to rewind/pause so you can record the image for the internets.. 😉
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I record the episodes and watch them at my leisure. I usually fast-forward through the opening credits, but must stop at the part where Gene Roddenberry\’s name appears. Must see his name or it\’s not Star Trek. 🙂
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