A peep at some distant orb has power to raise and purify our thoughts like a strain of sacred music, or a noble picture, or a passage from the grander poets. It always does one good.
顯然，我們已到達大氣層中極高的位置，天空是一片死寂的黑，星星也不再閃。就像從山頂遠時，會產生海平線與視野等高的錯覺，下方烏雲散開了，而車子彷漂浮在濃黑氣團的中央，氣團上半部還著銀邊。
It was going to be a lonely trip back.
Silver mist suffused the deck of the ship.