Kukulkan Zachary takes Diana, Axor and Targovi to the island of Zacharia in a flying:
"...first class passenger cruiser..." (p. 365)
- because only this is big enough:
"...to carry the Wodenite in comfort..." (ibid.)
They stand in an observation lounge with a completely transparent floor. Would you find that comfortable? It reminds me that Wonder Woman used to fly an invisible plane. However, in this cruiser, metal ribs cross the otherwise unseen floor and there are both fore and aft bulkheads.
During their night flight:
the sky is deep violet-blue above and berylline near the ocean;
a few stars are visible;
the Daedalian sun-ring surrounds the Phosphoric Ocean making distant rain and the sea below the ring gleam;
that sea gleam shades to turquoise, then to black which however swirls and sparks with green life;
Zacharia shows rivers, lakes, mists, mountains, valleys and light from dwellings and from other travellers by air or water.
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