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Here's an oldie but goodie ...
Some years ago illustrator Ron Miller created a set of images showing how earth's skies would appear from different locations if our planet had rings positioned and proportioned like those of Saturn.
There's a surprising variety of ring presentations depending on where and when one might observe them.
What would Earth's skies look like with Saturn's rings?
Illustrator and author Ron Miller specializes in, among other things, incredible visualizations of other worlds. He has rendered the surface of Titan, peered into black holes for Discover magazine, and designed a Pluto stamp that is currently hurtling toward the far reaches of our solar system aboard the New Horizonsspacecraft.
Now, Miller brings his visualizations back to Earth for a series exploring what our skies would look like with Saturn’s majestic rings. Miller strived to make the images scientifically accurate, adding nice touches like orange-pink shadows resulting from sunlight passing through the Earth’s atmosphere. He also shows the rings from a variety of latitudes and landscapes, from the U.S. Capitol building to Mayan ruins in Guatemala.
SOURCE: https://www.planetary.org/articles/20130626-earths-skies-saturns-rings