Question Ever wonder what the skies of the gas giants would look like from ground?

[Foofoo14]

Even though there isn't anything to stand on, wouldn't it still be cool?

 

[Hielor]

If there's nothing to stand on, then there is no "ground" from which to base your observation...

 

[Quick_Nick]

Depending how deep in it you were, you wouldn't be able to see very far...

 

[T.Neo]

A floating (balloon suspended) platform could work...

If you were high up enough to see clear skies, they'd probably be blue like our sky, due to absorption of red light by the atmosphere. (Don't know about the absorption patterns of hydrogen and helium though).

Clouds would be awesome.

Higher altitude, and the sky would appear darker and more of a violet colour. Lower altitude, it would start to become turquoise and eventually a cream colour.

Deep enough, and you wouldn't see past the clouds.

 

[Artlav]

Yes.
Ever since i've seen this image:

 

[ex-orbinaut]

I, on the other hand, have wondered what each of the gas giants would look like from any of their moons (the close in the better). It is the apparent size in the sky of those behemoths that I think would be awe inspiring.

 

[eveningsky339]

Yes.
Ever since i've seen this image:

What planet is that?

Looks like it suffers from hurricanes.

 

[T.Neo]

It is Saturn.

 

[RisingFury]

I'd stand on the north pole of Saturn. The giant hexagon "opens" the sky, allowing us to see deep into the atmosphere.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn#North_pole_hexagon_cloud_pattern

 

[Hielor]

I, on the other hand, have wondered what each of the gas giants would look like from any of their moons (the close in the better). It is the apparent size in the sky of those behemoths that I think would be awe inspiring.

I agree, that would be fantastic.

 

[eveningsky339]

I'd stand on the north pole of Saturn. The giant hexagon "opens" the sky, allowing us to see deep into the atmosphere.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn#North_pole_hexagon_cloud_pattern

I recommend you include me in your will before embarking on this endeavor.

 

[RisingFury]

Yea and I'll take lots of pictures on my way down

 

[Michkov]

I, on the other hand, have wondered what each of the gas giants would look like from any of their moons (the close in the better). It is the apparent size in the sky of those behemoths that I think would be awe inspiring.

One thing which I always wondered is how brigth would it be at night sitting on the moon with sun-moon-planet in a line. Shouldnt it be qutie bright due the Gas Giant reflecting the light?

 

[T.Neo]

It should be, but if you're in the outer solar system it's important to remember that sunlight is greatly reduced.

 

[RisingFury]

One thing which I always wondered is how brigth would it be at night sitting on the moon with sun-moon-planet in a line. Shouldnt it be qutie bright due the Gas Giant reflecting the light?

Well, if you've seen any pics of Saturn from Cassini, the dark side of Saturn is never really dark, because the rings reflect so much sunlight...

Recently, the immiging team had a nice opportunity to take some shots of the dark side, because Saturn's rings were edge-on to the Sun, so they reflected very little light. They got some nice pics...

 

[Quick_Nick]

It should be, but if you're in the outer solar system it's important to remember that sunlight is greatly reduced.

I often forget about this... The sun really is quite 'dim' in the outer planets.

 

[JamesG]

As a bit of perspective, the sun is so weak by Jupiter that it can't melt water ice...

Supposedly by the "surface" of one of the gas giants, which is a storm tossed ocean of high pressure hydrogen, there's no visible light except flashes of lightning. There would be infrared from the heat of the core, and radio waves (biological radar), and any life that evolved in that environment would see in those parts of the specra. But there would be no "star gazing" going on.

 

[T.Neo]

I'm sure that if it was hot enough, the surroundings would actually be incandescent...

 

[TMac3000]

I, on the other hand, have wondered what each of the gas giants would look like from any of their moons (the close in the better). It is the apparent size in the sky of those behemoths that I think would be awe inspiring.

Saturn from Dione.

 

[Hartmann]

Upper layers of the atmosphere

http://www.alienalley.com/Jupite1.gif

And the surface

http://www.cosmographica.com/gallery/portfolio2007/content/137_JupiterSea_large.html