Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 303, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1918 — Earth a Blue Star. [ARTICLE]

Earth a Blue Star.

Observations of the dark part of the moon were made by Professqr Lowell at the observatory at Flagstaff, Arts., says the New" York World. The dafk part of the moon is lighted only by the faint light reflected by* the earth, and the color «f this light would be the color with which the earth shines to the other heavenly bodies. This color proved to be blue, which waiTto be expected, as the atmosphere, as we see it, is bine, and it Is the earth’s atmosphere which chiefly would be visible to other planets. Thus the earth is a blue star, I