Page:The Music of the Spheres.djvu/228

 terrestrial standards, but they would not seem so large on the globe of the sun which is 3,000,000 miles in circumference. It seems strange to think that the "tranquil stars" must also be seething in such wild commotion,—blazing orbs torn by terrific tornadoes of fire. It is fortunate that we cannot hear the terrible roar as well as see the light of their conflagrations. Since sound waves do not travel through space like the waves of light and