Roosting in the shrouds, the crew examined the horizon, which shrank and darkened little by little. Officers were probing the increasing gloom with their night glasses.

全体船员，爬在缆素梯绳上面，细心考缩小和沉黑了的天边。军官们拿着夜间用的望远镜，向黑暗的各方索。

I stared at the last rays wreathing this peak, while shadows were gradually climbing its gradients.

我注视那照在尖峰顶上的最后阳光和那从尖峰层上来的黑影。

Farther on, the bottom was tinted with fine shades of ultramarine; then, off in the distance, it turned blue and faded in the midst of a hazy darkness.

百米之外，水底现出天蓝一般的晕淡的不同色度，在远处变成浅蓝，没人模糊的黑暗中。

Mercury's Sabian symbol is 12 Aquarius, people on stairs graduated upwards.

水星的萨比恩符号是水瓶座12度，描绘的是台阶上上升的人群。