Monday 2 April 2018

Another Mixed Ecology

See mixed ecologies here.

Near Admiral Sir Olaf Magnusson's home on Daedalus, the land has been terraformed with Terrestrial, Ythrian and Avalonian organisms:

grass
roses
hollyhocks
Buddha's cup (also here)
livewell
oaks
maples
braidwoods (see braidbark here)
etc

Beyond:

native leaves gleam green, without flowers;
wings, not of birds, shine in the evening light;
the setting sun spreads into an arc on this horizonless planet.

3 comments:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

Despite reading the link to your explanation of the "horizonless planet" phenomenon, I admit find this difficult to grasp. As far a I can make out, a horizonless planet means a world where sunset never quite ends. You continue to see the sunset all night long.

And I'm probably getting this all wrong!

Sean

paulshackley2017@gmail.com said...

Sean,
And the sunset is spread all around the sky.
Paul.

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

And that would have been a wondrous phenomenon to see!

Sean