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:
“the green hells of the sea
Where fallen skies and evil hues and eyeless creatures be;
On them the sea-valves cluster and the grey sea-forests curl,
Splashed with a splended sickness, the sickness of the pearl;”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)