Extraterrestrial Skies
The "sky" of a world refers to the view of outer space from its surface. This view varies from world to world for many reasons. The most important factor in the appearance of a world's sky is the world's atmosphere, or the lack thereof. Depending on the atmosphere's density and chemical composition, a world's sky may be any number of colors. Clouds may or may not be present and they may also be noticeably colored. Another factor is the astronomical objects that may appear in a world's sky, such as the Sun, stars, moons, planets, and rings.
Read more about Extraterrestrial Skies: Sun, Mercury, Venus, The Moon, Mars, Asteroids, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Charon, Comets, Extrasolar Planets, A Note On Calculating Apparent Magnitudes
Famous quotes containing the word skies:
“A novel is a mirror carried along a high road. At one moment it reflects to your vision the azure skies at another the mire of the puddles at your feet. And the man who carries this mirror in his pack will be accused by you of being immoral! His mirror shews [sic] the mire, and you blame the mirror! Rather blame that high road upon which the puddle lies, still more the inspector of roads who allows the water to gather and the puddle to form.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)