. The works of John Ruskin . Fi:).i A Sunset at Abbeville, 1868. An August Sky at Brantwood, 1880 Fij). 2 LECTURE I 23 being, that the prismatic cloud itself is always in rapid,and generally in fluctuating motion. A light veil of clouds had drawn itself, says Professor Tyndall, indescribing his solitary ascent of Monte Rosa,i between me and the sun,and this was flooded with the most brilliant dyes. Orange, red, green,blue—all the hues produced by diffraction—were exhibited in the utmostsplendour. Three times during my ascent (the short ascent of the last peak)similar veils drew themselves acro
. The works of John Ruskin . Fi:).i A Sunset at Abbeville, 1868. An August Sky at Brantwood, 1880 Fij). 2 LECTURE I 23 being, that the prismatic cloud itself is always in rapid,and generally in fluctuating motion. A light veil of clouds had drawn itself, says Professor Tyndall, indescribing his solitary ascent of Monte Rosa,i between me and the sun,and this was flooded with the most brilliant dyes. Orange, red, green,blue—all the hues produced by diffraction—were exhibited in the utmostsplendour. Three times during my ascent (the short ascent of the last peak)similar veils drew themselves across the sun, and at each passage thesplendid phenomena were renewed. There seemed a tendency to formcircular zones of colour round the sun; but the clouds were not sufficientlyuniform to permit of this, and they were consequently broken into spaces,each steeped with the colour due to the condition of the cloud at theplace. Three times, you observe, the veil passed, and threetimes another came, or the first faded and another formed;and so it is always, as fa
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