The world: or, first lessons in astronomy and geology, in connetion with the present and past condition of our globe.. (1848)
Smith, H. L. (Hamilton Lanphere), 1819-1903 · Cleveland, M. C. Younglove and company · leaf 177
nted the form of a scroll with folds overlapping, and waving like a flag agitated by the wind. Its brightness varied very suddenly, and the colors changed from bright red at the base, to green in the middle portions, and yellow at the top. The brightness would diminish, and colors fade, sometimes… … But it is in the Arctic regions that this phenomenon is witnessed in its greatest splendor, and presenting a variety of the most beautiful tints. In that cold region, clouds seldom obscure the sky, nothing in the form of fog or mist veils the deep blue of the
Astronomy · Meteorology · Geology · Paleontology
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