He proposed that jungles on Venus grew more rapidly than in Brazil due to the proximity of the planet to the Sun, and that as a consequence the inhabitants celebrated fire festivals— the cause of the bright caps on Venus.
他提出由于比地球更靠近太阳，金星上的丛林比巴西生长得还要快，因此，居民们燃放焰火庆祝—导致金星上出现了灰光。