“ men and animals on the surface become absolutely invisible ”
Jules Verne, Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863). copy citation
| Author | Jules Verne |
|---|---|
| Source | Five Weeks in a Balloon |
| Topic | invisible animal |
| Date | 1863 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by William Lackland |
| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Five_Weeks_in_a_Balloon |
Context
“At the height of six thousand feet, the density of the atmosphere has already greatly diminished; sound is conveyed with difficulty, and the voice is not so easily heard. The view of objects becomes confused; the gaze no longer takes in any but large, quite ill-distinguishable masses; men and animals on the surface become absolutely invisible; the roads and rivers get to look like threads, and the lakes dwindle to ponds.
The doctor and his friends felt themselves in a very anomalous condition; an atmospheric current of extreme velocity was bearing them away beyond arid mountains, upon whose summits vast fields of snow surprised the gaze;”
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