The book of the sky; a résumé of personal experience and observation (1922)
Luckiesh, Matthew, b. 1883 · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company · leaf 172
t the lonely solitudethat it is by day when only the sun inhabits theblue. The haze which cannot be seen is effective,however, for the stars diminish in number towardthe place where the horizon should be. Far aheadis the subdued glow of a distant city. Below atiny beam of light marks a train guided… … A NIGHT FLIGHT 133 coliorts. The airmen turn the craft toward thatflashing range and continue to mount higher. Asthe earth lights grow dimmer, the stars growbrighter. They are leaving the earths hazebehind them. An altitude of five thousand feet is reached andthe black sky is studded with brilliant…
Atmosphere, Upper · Clouds · Aeronautics
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