Explore "And we Sailed the Mighty Dark" by Frank Belknap Long on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
I stared at him uneasily. He was talking like an idiot. I knew that / Jupiter itself would have to dwindle to a small disk before Callisto / could become a pin point of light. When you take off from a little moon / the glare of its primary magnifies its surface features. For about one / hour Callisto would look like a black orchid dwindling in a blaze of / light. Then it would whip away into emptiness to reappear as a glowing / dot.
"Jupiter looks funny too! " Pete muttered. "Mighty funny! Like a big / slice o' yellow cheese with golden bands around it, spreadin' out -- "