planet with index 03 at -1527472, 1334960, -4712388
OH, I SHOULD HAVE EXPECTED THIS - A FELYSIAN PLANET. ON THE USUAL PLACE, ACTUALLY, BUT CONSIDERING THE LACK OF MOONS, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE RATHER IMPROBABLE. BUT HERE IT IS. MANY BLUE STORMCLOUDS COVERING THE SURFACE, WHICH HAS A HUE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN PURPLE AND VIOLET. I CAN BARELY TELL. 323.60: I THINK I FORGOT TO MENTION THE PLANET'S SMALL RING BEFORE. ALSO, JUDGING FROM THE ORBIT, THERE'S LITTLE WATER ON THE SURFACE, AND THE LANDING MAP CLEARLY INDICATED THAT I'LL BE DESCENDING UPON DRY LAND. BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE A FROZEN SEA, WITH NOTHING BUT ICE IN ALL DIRECTIONS. 317.59: IRRITATED BY MY PREVIOUS LANDING, THIS TIME I CHOSE A REAL SEA FOR MY TARGET. THERE WAS WATER (IN LIQUID STATE) AND EVEN AN 'ISLAND', OR RATHER A TINY, TINY SPECK OF LAND. CURIOUSLY, IT WAS COVERED BY GRASS, AND I SAW A BIRD CIRCLING AROUND IT. A WHILE LATER, TWO SIMILAR BIRDS WERE FLYING CLOSE TO MY LANDER. 353.59: A SUNRISE I WANTED AND A SUNRISE I GOT, BUT THE SECTOR WAS JUST A FLAT, FROZEN PLAIN. QUITE UNUSUAL CONDITIONS FOR THE EQUATOR, EH? BUT I DID FIND A SLIM CHARGER AMONG ALL THE FROST. 345.27: LOTS OF ICE AGAIN, COMPLETE WITH A FROZEN LAKE (EASILY SEEN FROM THE CUPOLA) AND VERY CLOUDY, BUT BRIGHT SKY. I DON'T THINK THIS IS SIMPLY WINTER HERE. 313.20: AHH, FINALLY AN OASIS OF LIFE! A WONDERFUL PLACE, THE SKY VERY BRIGHT, SUN SHINING INTENSELY, WATER IN THE DISTANCE, AND LOTS OF VEGETATION, INCLUDING MANY, MANY GREEN TREES AROUND THE LANDING SPOT. I CAME UPON THE WATER, THEN PROCEEDED TO A PROMINENT HILL TO THE NORTHEAST. TERRAIN TO THE SOUTHWESTERN DIRECTION ALSO OFFERED MANY GORGEOUS LANDSCAPES. THE ONLY ADEQUATE WORDS WHICH I'M ABLE TO FIND ARE 'SAPPHIRES IN A GOLDEN POT'. NOW I MUST TRY AGAIN AROUND THE EQUATOR. 285.57: NOT AS STUNNING AS THE PREVIOUS SECTOR, BUT A VERY PRETTY PLACE NONETHELESS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CALM, GREEN SKY. THERE'S A LAKE IN THE DISTANCE, AND IN THE AIR ABOVE IT, I COUNTED AT LEAST TEN BIRDS! SOME BUSHES AND A HOPPER WERE ALSO AROUND. 310.10: MY LAST LANDING. THERE WAS MOSTLY FROZEN WATER, WITH COUNTLESS TINY 'ISLANDS' OF LAND COVERED BY PERMAFROST. ANIMAL LIFE WAS SUPRISINGLY NUMEROUS, AND THE BEAUTIFUL SKY GIFTED THIS PLACE WITH A GREAT ATMOSPHERE. SERPENS, 6011 787.622