Saturday, 27 October 2018

Olympus Mons And The Milky Way

Poul Anderson, Harvest Of Stars, 4, p. 56.

From half way up Olympus Mons, Kyra sees:

rocky vastness;
subtle desert hues;
rose-petal sky;
a dust storm;
a crater.

From an asteroid:

a multitude of stars;
blue Vega;
amber Arcturus;
smoldering Betelgeuse (important in the Technic History);
"The Milky Way torrented in frost and silence."

From the surface of the Saturnian moon, Enceladus:

glittering ice;
a few stars;
huge Saturn with cyclopean storms and rings seen edge on;
two other moons.

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

And Olympus Mons plays an important role in S.M. Stiring's IN THE COURTS OF THE CRIMSON KINGS, one of my most favorite of his books.

Sean