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A New Mare Internum

           Itwasnotthelightofthesun,withhisdazzlingshaftsofbrightnessandthesplendourofhisrays;norwasitthepaleanduncertainshimmerofthemoonbeams,thedimreflectionofanoblerbodyoflight.No;theilluminatingpowerofthislight,itstremblingdiffusiveness,itsbright,clearwhiteness,anditslowtemperature,showedthatitmustbeofelectricorigin.Itwaslikeanauroraborealis,acontinuouscosmicalphenomenon,fillingacavernofsufficientextenttocontainanocean.

           Thevaultthatspannedthespaceabove,thesky,ifitcouldbecalledso,seemedcomposedofvastplainsofcloud,shiftingandvariablevapours,whichbytheircondensationmustatcertaintimesfallintorrentsofrain.Ishouldhavethoughtthatundersopowerfulapressureoftheatmospheretherecouldbenoevaporation;andyet,underalawunknowntome,therewerebroadtractsofvapoursuspendedintheair.Butthen‘theweatherwasfine.Theplayoftheelectriclightproducedsingulareffectsupontheupperstrataofcloud.Deepshadowsreposedupontheirlowerwreaths;andoften,betweentwoseparatedfieldsofcloud,thereglideddownarayofunspeakablelustre.Butitwasnotsolarlight,andtherewasnoheat.Thegeneraleffectwassad,supremelymelancholy.Insteadoftheshiningfirmament,spangledwithitsinnumerablestars,shiningsinglyorinclusters,Ifeltthatallthesesubduedandshadedfightswereribbedinbyvastwallsofgranite,whichseemedtooverpowermewiththeirweight,andthatallthisspace,greatasitwas,wouldnotbeenoughforthemarchofthehumblestofsatellites.

           ThenIrememberedthetheoryofanEnglishcaptain,wholikenedtheearthtoavasthollowsphere,intheinteriorofwhichtheairbecameluminousbecauseofthevastpressurethatweigheduponit;whiletwostars,PlutoandProserpine,rolledwithinuponthecircuitoftheirmysteriousorbits.

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