Daily camera., 1897-06-29
THE NORTH POLE.
It's Appearance Judged by ThHt
OF Mars
An Able e.Astronomer's Obse1vationr61
the North Polar CAP of the Plant
shows What Ours May
Look Like.

Although no uulllu UcluS LOO efCi
Ilaid eyes on the north pole, and. never
may do SO, in spite of the efforts be-
ing made. to discover" that point, we
are now for the first time enabled to
know with more or less positipeness
exactly what the north pole looks like.
The planet Mars, which closely resem-
bes the earth, not only in size and sea-
sons, but in the high degree of eiviliza-
ton which it's inhabitants are sup
posed to have reached, has north pole
This north pole of Mars has now for
the first time been seen and observed.
1t has been closely scrutinized in a
powerful telescope by an astronomer
who has given years to the observa-
ton of Mars and who waited anxiously
until the planet, in the slow revolu-
tion of it's changes, turned its north
pole to the earth.
This observer was Prof. Leo Bremen,
who has published technical descrip-
ton of his work in the last number
Of the Astronomischen Nachrichten.
IN this article he tells, in the queer
language which astronomers use, how
he watched the south polar cap of Mars,
observing it grow toward the equator
when autumn set in upon the planet,
hen seeing it recede when spring began
on Mars and the snow melted, giving
water to the numerous canals, along
The sides of which vegetation (known
by it's bright green color) was seen to
spring up.
During all this time Mars was slowly
getting into a position which brought
its north polar cap more and more into
view. AS this north polar cap which
has been turned away from the earth,
came within the field of Prof. Bren-
ner's telescope, the south pole cap re-
ceded.
Finally the north pole itself rose
ybove the horizon. Many people have
"a idea that there is hole or noun
ain or some other natural phenom-
enon at the north pole of the earth.
There vas, however, no such pecul-
:arity to be observed about the north
nole of the planet Mars. The fact that
it was the north pole was only to be de-
tcrmined by the exact science of the
>=tronomer,
Prof. Brenner knew precisely what
pot in the great white field of snow
nd ice capping the planet was its north
Nole. and he marked it out with pen
i point upon the map beside him as he
'ooled. A photograph taken of the
forth pole of Mars showed that it was
rrecisely the same as the adjacent ter
ritory for thousands of miles, consist
ing of immense fields of hillocky ice
many explorers have believed to exist
about the north pole of this earth
lars, in the years that have passed
since the science of astronomy was be-
"un, has frequently turned it's north
n0le toward the earth. But because
of the smallness and weakness of our
telescopes. we have been unable hither-
to to closely scrutinize that point.
During the last 25 years the great
Lick telescope has been built, and large
telescopes have been
set up in Europe. 1t was through one
Of these great magnifying Instruments
that Prof. Brenner made his obser-
vations, which would not have been
possible quarter of a century ago.
He is the first man who has ever
carefully observed the north pole of
the planet Mars. These observations
would not carry so much weight if
they had been of Venus, Saturn or any
other planet.
But Mars so closely resembles the
earth that it is believed the conditions
on the north pole of one
prevail Likewise on the north pole of
the other The seasons and the seas
and continents of Mars resemble those
ii the earth.
Moreover, it's inhabitants are believed |
20 be far more advanced than ourselves, |
"s is shown by their elaborate system
oi artificial canals, built on gigantic
scale, and first observed by the astron- |
omer Schiaparelli. The flashlights they
nave been making are also believed to
be attempts to signal to the people of
the earth, but our poor achievements |
in science are so meager that we are |
2t the present time unable to flash Il
SIGNAL back, our most up-to-date sys-
EN- of illumination being altogether in
adequate for the task-N Y. Journal
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