Senses On The Intergalactic Planet

Poul Anderson, World Without Stars, VII.

In the camp at night:

blackness;
a blue glow from the plankton energizer;
warm, dank, softly booming wind;
swamp odors;
whirring generator;
a beast's distant hoot;
lapping lake water;
rustling reeds;
Valland's omnisonor;
clear sky;
galactic glow, reflected by clouds, sheening on the lake;
the galaxy itself clearing the horizon;
Earth's spiral arm visible;
three other planets in this system;
no other heavenly bodies.