Show J vegetation on the moon whether or not there really Is vegetation on the moons surface Is a matter ot of some dispute prof pickering believes that there Is basing his bis belief upon observations of what he has called calle d variable spots portions which exhibit a rapid darkening beginning shortly after sunrise followed by an equally rapid fading toward sunset accompanied by a diminution in size as they darken I 1 from the peculiar character of the variation observed prof pickering ng concludes that organic life resembling vegetation Is the only simple ex plana tion alon of the changes which he has observed considering the long lunar day clay as a minature ml nature terrestrial year the theory of such life becomes colorable the vegetation it if there be any shoots up flourishes and dies in a lunar day just as it grows and withers on the earth in a terrestrial yea year r |