A by now familiar scene but this time viewed from the Martian surface:
stars seen clearly and abundantly when there has been no wind;
"...the Milky Way frozenly cataracting through silence..." (p. 58);
Deimos, glimmering and moving slowly (not fast as in ERB);
Earth, "coruscant blue..." (ibid.)
One of Isaac Asimov's Black Widower stories turns on the observation that, from Mars, Earth's Moon should be visible as an orb alongside Earth.
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
That is new to me, that the Moon of Earth can be seen alongside the latter from Mars! I would have thought Luna too small to be seen like that from Mars.
Sean
Sean,
The Moon is pretty big as we have observed. The Earth-Moon system is really a double planet.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
Granted! Earth/Luna really do form a double planet. Still, I'm surprised the Moon could be seen from Mars.
Sean
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