The story of the sun, moon, and stars . ass of rocks I have said; but as, with ourpowers of rapid movement, we draw near, we find arange of craggy mountains sweeping round in a vastcircle. Such a height in Switzerland would demandmany hours of hard climbing. But on this smallglobe attraction is a very differ-ent matter fromwhat it is onearth; our weightis so lessenedthat we can leapthe height of atall house with-out the smallestdifficulty. Nochamois eversprang frompeak to peak inhis native Switzerland with such amazing lightness asthat with which we now ascend these mighty ! what a dep
The story of the sun, moon, and stars . ass of rocks I have said; but as, with ourpowers of rapid movement, we draw near, we find arange of craggy mountains sweeping round in a vastcircle. Such a height in Switzerland would demandmany hours of hard climbing. But on this smallglobe attraction is a very differ-ent matter fromwhat it is onearth; our weightis so lessenedthat we can leapthe height of atall house with-out the smallestdifficulty. Nochamois eversprang frompeak to peak inhis native Switzerland with such amazing lightness asthat with which we now ascend these mighty ! what a depth on the other side! We standlooking down into one of the monster craters of themoon. A sheer descent of at least eleven thousandfeet would land us at the bottom. Why, Mont Blancitself is only about fifteen thousand feet in what a crater! Fifty-six miles across in a straightline, from here to the other side, with these loftyrugged battlements circling round, while from thecenter of the rough plain below a sharp, cone-shaped. ONE FORM OP I,UNAR CRATER. JO STORY OF THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS. mountain rises to about a quarter of the height of thesurrounding range. It is a grand sight; peak piled upon peak, crag uponcrag, sharp rifts or valleys breaking here and there theline of the narrow, uplifted ledge; all wrapped in silentand desolate calm. There are many such craters asthis on the moon, and some much larger. The sun slowly nears his setting, and sinks behindthe opposite range. How we shiver! The last ray ofsunlight has gone and already the ground is pouringout its heat into space, unchecked by the presence ofair or clouds. The change takes place with marvelousquickness. A deadly chill creeps over all around. Awhole fortnight of earth-time must pass before thesuns rays will again touch this spot. Verily the con-trasts of climate in the moon, during the twelve longdays and nights which make up her year, are startlingto human notions. But though the sun is gone we are
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