The earth appears to us as an immense plain, chequered with a thousand varieties of aspects and reliefs - verdant hills, flowery valleys, mountains more or less elevated, winding rivers in the plains, lakes of fresh water, vast oceans, countries of infinite variety.


Translated by J. Ellard Gore, Popular Astronomy: A General Description of the Heavens, Book I, Chapter I (p. 4)

Camille Flammarion Quotes

The earth appears to us as an immense plain, chequered with a thousand varieties of aspects and reliefs - verdant hills, flowery valleys, mountains...

The earth appears to us as an immense plain, chequered with a thousand varieties of aspects and reliefs - verdant hills, flowery valleys, mountains...

The earth appears to us as an immense plain, chequered with a thousand varieties of aspects and reliefs - verdant hills, flowery valleys, mountains...

The earth appears to us as an immense plain, chequered with a thousand varieties of aspects and reliefs - verdant hills, flowery valleys, mountains...