| Show r r GREAT CANALS OF MARS RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS EST ESTABLISH ESTABLISH lJ- lJ L LISH APPARENT ARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCTION The Cameras Camera's Eye More Sensitive than the Human Optic Establishes New Data Interesting Data Interesting Scientific Discoveries Astronomers and scientists in general gen cen era eral I are arc deeply interested in the mod modest cst announcement made by Professor Professor Pro Pro- Professor fessor Percival Lowell and hi his associates at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona recently that after several partial successes and some complete failures the greater canals of the planet liars Mars bad had at last been photo photo- graphed Hitherto the tho general public has bas Jas been compelled to accept or to reject the existence of the Martian canals on the word of of the stargazing fraternity But Bu with the accomplishment of the Harvard liar nar vard observers In Arizona everyone will now have an opportunity to see seethe seethe seethe the actual photographs in fn proof ol of what has long been considered as snore more or less of ot a theory While several photographs were taken of the canals some weeks ago It was ryas not until a few days ago that thai the solar photographers were ready to announce the complete success of ot the tho undertaking Professor Lowell in fn the tho following account of the achievement I is unreserved in his belief that the Martian canals closely correspond to the familiar waterways of the same Jame general ci clAssification on this planet Up to the present tim time human buman knowledge of Mars lIars has been largely theoretical theoretical the the principal facts regarding regard regard- re regardIng ardin ard- ard in Ing the planet being that It Is miles rolles from the sun find and approximately miles from earth The Tho Martian y year r has da days s Mars 1 Is miles In diameter the earth eaith being Jupiter and nail the sun miles To Photo photograph the tho canals can of Mars j says Professor Lowell pas jas for many years sears been a purpose of the observatory observatory observatory tory established and anel maintained l 1 by y Harvard College in fn Arizona The Tho first attempt to meet with Kith an even approximate approximate approximate mate success was made in jn 1001 when whenn n a more or less satisfactory print was wa made e of the Mare or Lake hake of ot Acid Yet encouraging as that pioneer effort fort was no canal could then be detected on the negative with absolute certainty To-day To we can state as positive and final that there are canals on Mars Mars because because the photographs say so and a photo photographic negative Is nothing if jf not truthful In my firm belief it 11 is only a question of time possibly of months maybe a few years when we shall shan be beable beable beable able to determine the exact nature atun nd 1 nd probable purpose of the canals of ot our planetary neighbor Meanwhile we e have ha a number of ot excellent negatives which have bave served to bring us a n bit closer to Mars than ever in the past The negatives thoroughly bly confirm tho the eye in showing not only the existence existence existence exist exist- ence of the canals but reveal reve-al them as continuous lines of tens and even ven hun hun- 1 fl It 14 Itis is ls iset yet jet et impossible t to say positively whether the Martian canals ore are pf artificial or natural l creation or exactly of ot what composition compositions Js is the liquid or OJ molten substance in them But Dut so far faras faras faras as we can cnn at present conceive they appear as corresponding to our familiar familiar familiar famil famil- waterways classified under the heading of Ct canals |
