THE PLANET VENUS.
Venus, who Is now a brilliant object in the south-west sky after sunset, is nearly as large as our earth, and appears tq us alternately as a morning and evening star: She is 1 ’the most beautiful so far as her aspect in the heavens is concerned, land undergoes simihar- phases to those of our moon, arid great mountains, on of which is 25 miles high, are seen on her surface. It is extremely probable that she is inhabited, and, if so, her people will have a splendid view of our earth and moon. Her atmosphere is very dense, andheavy massive clouds are suspended in it. Terrific hurricanes and tornadoes are prevalent, and are supposed to have carried destruction and desolation through every city that is situated on her eminences. Thousands of people have been annihilated in a single catastrophe. Some have been borne on the wings of the blast, and have been hoisted through the ether, right on to the planet Mercury, where they have eventually succumed to the scorching beat of the sun. Connected with astronomy, there is that element of the romantic that makes it a doubly fascinating study.
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Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 44, 14 January 1902, Page 4
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195THE PLANET VENUS. Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 44, 14 January 1902, Page 4
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