Stolen shamelessly from sclerotic_rings

From an Earthbound telescope, it is possible to see not only the rings of Saturn but the shadow that they make on the planet's surface. Not much detail is available - lucky viewers might see a few of the divisions in the rings.

The Cassini spacecraft is about to make us all much, much luckier.

From mouseai

TITLE: Awake
AUTHOR: edg
LINK TO TOPIC INSPIRED BY: Week 1:1
WARNINGS (if applicable): Mild horror. Also, the first half is almost entirely in the pluperfect.
RATING (if applicable): PG, probably.
AUTHOR'S NOTES (if desired): This is a very rough draft of the first chapter of something. I'm not sure what. Oddly, when I started writing, this was going to be a comedy. I don't know how it got so dark.

( Awake )

Once more crossposted from mouseai.

TITLE: With Hammer And Forge I Gave Them Light
AUTHOR: edg
LINK TO TOPIC INSPIRED BY: Week 1:1
WARNINGS: Falling rocks ahead. Proceed with caution.
RATING: PG at worst.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: I have little idea why I'm being this productive. This is a short-short - only 678 words - that illustrates the nature of a pair of characters.

( With Hammer And Forge I Gave Them Light )