Garrett P. Serviss by Edison's Conquest of Mars # (illus)

Author:Edison's Conquest of Mars # (illus) [#, Edison's Conquest of Mars]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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The First Close Sight of the Planet Which Nearly Conquered the Earth.

Around the South Pole were spread immense fields of snow and ice, gleaming with great brilliancy.

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Almost directly beneath us was a broad oval region, light red in color, to which terrestrial astronomers had given the name of Hellas. Toward the south, between Hellas and the borders of the polar ice, was a great belt of darkness that astronomers had always been inclined to regard as a sea. Looking toward the north, we could perceive the immense red expanses of the continents of Mars, with the long curved line of the Syrtis Major, or "The Hour Glass Sea," sweeping through the midst of them toward the north until it disappeared under the horizon.

Crossing and recrossing the red continents, in every direction, were the canals of Schiaparelli.

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