Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-23

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but in q more favored celestial zone,
must devote oil their time to love.
Could the people Of Venus spare
time enough from such an agreeable
occupation to study their skies,
when their planet is nearest to our
earth, they would be repaid by
magnificent sight. Our globe would
appear to them as a brilliant star
tinged q delicate blue, and larger
than any in their sky. With suit
able telescopes they would have
much the same view of our earth as
from Mercury, except that the con-
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marked.
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in speaking of the brilliancy OF the
earth, as seen from Venus, says:
Though the long nights in We
nus have no moons to light them,
Mercury, by reason Of it's brillian:cy
and close vicinity, and the earth, by
reason of its size, must be more
than equal to two moons"
The moon never leaves our globe; ;
therefore is called our satellite.
Though to US it appears larger than
the stars, it is really smaller than
any of them. Its seeming size is
on account Of its nearness TO the
earth, it being distant 'ffen us only
ol,,t OQQ OOC yoiloa
The surface of the moon is covered
with black spots, which can be seen
with the naked eye. Though the
telescope it can be seen that they
are mountains and extinct volcanoes.
| Astronomers have calculated, that
these mountains are higher than
any on our earth.
The moon has no atmosphere, &C.
| cording to Sir John Herschel and
other careful and accurate observers.
If it had we would know it during
the occulations and eclipses OF the
sun. The moons climate must
therefore be very strange, passing
suddenly from q heat equal to our
torrid zone, to cold greater than the
Esouimeaux feels. As there is no
air. it seems impossible that human
beings like ourselves can exist on
the moon.
There is no sign of vegetation, or
anything which would indicate q
change of season. If there were
anvone on the moon to see it, the
earth would appear to them as q
magnificent ball. The planets and
sun would move behind it in bril-
liant succession.
The earth has phases like the
moon; when it is at its full the scene
is erandest. The basins of our seas
and oceans, the contour OF our con-
t"tinents, the north and south poles
wearing their snowy caps all these
could easily be seen shining through
a vaporous halo. With the aid OF Q
very powerful glass the big trees Of
California and the avenues OF New
York might be seen.
The planet Mars is our next doo'
neighbor, and much resembles us II
atmosphic phenomena and Pola'
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