The story of the sun, moon, and stars . THE GREAT BEAR 50,000 YEARS AGO. night. It is caused entirely by the earths own motionon her axis. Lower down, or rather further off from the Pole-star, comes another ring of constellations. These in. THE GREAT BEAR 50,000 YEARS HENCE. just the same manner appear to travel round andround the Pole-star. But being further away, eachdips in turn below the horizon—or, as we call it, eachsets and rises again. And by the time we come toyet another circle of leading constellations, we reach IIO STORY OF THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS. those which are so far affected
The story of the sun, moon, and stars . THE GREAT BEAR 50,000 YEARS AGO. night. It is caused entirely by the earths own motionon her axis. Lower down, or rather further off from the Pole-star, comes another ring of constellations. These in. THE GREAT BEAR 50,000 YEARS HENCE. just the same manner appear to travel round andround the Pole-star. But being further away, eachdips in turn below the horizon—or, as we call it, eachsets and rises again. And by the time we come toyet another circle of leading constellations, we reach IIO STORY OF THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS. those which are so far affected by the earths yearlyjourney as to be only visible through certain months,and to be hidden during other months. If we could stand exactly at the North Pole, duringpart of its six months night, we should see the Pole-star just overhead, and all the constellations circlinground it once in every twenty-four hours. Those
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