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PLANET mars and its hen
jocb Discussion as to tbe Lights and
Marks on the Planet.
^semblances Between Mars and Earth
_We Cannot Tell Tet About the
Men Theré.
Are the people on the planet
Mars trying to signal the earth?
That is the question which the
work of the great Lick telescope
during the past few days has
aroused, as Mars has approached
nearer and nearer to the big Cali
fornia instrument, wTiich will soon
have opportunities for observation
sueh as were never known before
in the history of astronomy.
This may be the explanation of
the Btrange phenomena observed
this week at the Lick observatory.
The results thus far obtained have
already been so extraordinary as
to have made profound impression
upon the practical minds of the
astronomers there assembled.
Three great lights, forming a tri
angle, have been seen in the south
western limb of the planet. They
had never been seen before, in any
observations.
There was no mistake about
these lights. They were seen for
four nights in succession, so that it
was impossible that they could
have been produced by conditions
of the earthly or Martian atmos
pheres or have been optical delu
eions ot any kind. Wnen first
seen at the Lick observatory, these
lights in a triangle so astonished
the astonomers that they believed
them to be the effect of light uncon
nected with the planet. They
therefore, with true astronomical
caution, waited until the following
night before devoting much thought
to the lights. On the second night,
however, which was even more
clear and brilliant than the first,
the lights were Been to be there
when the great polished lens was
turned upon the orb which had
itepped to its place in the sky.
For two succeeding evenings
after that these lights were ob
served, burning steadily, brilliantly
and effulgently, as if from three
mountain tops. It was evident
that the lights were placed upon
mountains in Mars or artificial
projections or elevations of some
kind.
The appearance of three brilliant
lights in a triangle upon one of tbe
plaiiets in a manner the astrono
mers are unable to explain raises a
presumption at which their minds
recoil. A scientist would, when
thoroughly convinced of the exist
ence of these light under such con
ditions as are known to prevail in
Mars, easily glide to the almost
irresistible conclusion that they
were the work of the men on
MarB.
Observed at any other time
there would be apparently no other
mean of explaining these lights in a
way satisfactory to common sense
Observed at the present time, whon
eminent men in science have
reached the conclusion that the
people on Mars would seize tho
opportunity to try again to attract
the attention of people on the earth
the three lights on Mars are as
significant as the moving lights in
the diBtanco were to Columbus on
his caravel.
Hut tho the three strange lights
which have looked down tho 3b
incli tube of the Lick telescope for
four successive nights and astound
ed the astronomers at the other end
art- not the only unusual appear
ances upon the surface of the
planet which the great piece of
Hint glass has revealed. That
glass, which cost over $50,000 and
at
took years to select, grind and
polish until perfection was attained,
has re waled things which other
observatories have not noticed dur
ing the present opposition.
The people of Mars being able to
bridge this globe which we call
Earth so close to them that they
can see forests, fields and cities, if
indeed, they cannot actually see
people walking on the streets,
would be eager to establish com
munication with us. They may
have tried to do this for centuties
at each recurring opposition of
Mars, or opposition of the Earth,
as they would call it, and repeated
failures would only stir them to
greater efforts.
The light» suddenly went out,
though, at different times of the
four nights when they were seen.
It almost seemed as if they were
supplied by an electric current and
as if the current had been shut off,
so suddenly did they disappear.
Amazement struck the observers
when first the lights went out.
They reflected that, of course, the
lights were some atmospheric effect
on the rim of Mar* and the very
fact of their strange disappearance
tended to prove this. The next
night, however, the three Btrange
lights flashed out in the same
place as soon as darkness had set
in and after showing steadily for a
few hours they vanished.
SchiaparelU was the first person
to give definite basis upon which
to rest the belief that Mars was
inhabited by a highly civilized
race. He discovered that the sur
face of the planet was intersected
by a large number of canals.
Primarily, Flammarion based
his theory upon that of Schiaparelli
and the two run in together in
many places, being to a large ex
tent identical. He showed plainly
that there was water upon the
planet, and there was little doubt,
he said, that the inhabitants of
Mars very closely resembled those
ot the earth.
Thus, in considering the subject
of opening up communication with
the Martians Flammarion has de
voted much thought to a possible
method of signals which might be
devised upon the earth. He has
said: "A triangle, traced in lumi
nous lines on MarB* surface, each
side from twelve to fifteen kilome
tres long, would be visible from
here by the aid of our telescopes.
It follows then that a triangle,
square or circle of the dimen
sions stated, constructed upon
a vast plain of the earth by
means of luminous points, reflected
in the daytime by solar light and
ligted at night by electicity, would
be visible to the astronomers of
Mars if there are such astronomers
and if they have optical instruments
as good as our own.
Tracing this illustration still fur
ther, Flammarion has said:
"The logical sequence is simple.
If we were to see a triangle con
structed on Mars we would be con
siderably puzzled, but if we were
to see it change first into a square
and then into a circle we would
think with some reason that such
figures reveal without question the
presence of a geometrician upon
the neighbor world. The question
however, now arises, what object
our brethren could have in forming
these figures. Why Bhould not the
inhabitants of Mars be as curious
as we are, more intelligent perhaps,
more elevated in their aspirations,
less hampered than we are in the
mire of material needs? Why
should they not suppose that the
earth is inhabited as well a» their
own world, and why should not the
object of these geometrical appeals
be to ask ub whethes whether we
exist? It is not difficult to reply.
They show us a triangle; we pro
duce it here. They trace a circle;
imitate it, and lo! communication
is established.
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