VI MOUNTAINS 213 
that blush and glow 
Like angels’ wings.? 
On low ground one may be in the clouds, 
but not above them. But as we look down 
from mountains and see the clouds floating 
far below us, we almost seem as if we were 
looking down on earth from one of the heav- 
enly bodies. 
Not even in the Alps is there anything 
more beautiful than the “after glow” which 
lights up the snow and ice with a rosy tint 
for some time after the sun has set. Long 
after the lower slopes are already in the shade, 
the summit of Mont Blanc for instance is 
transfigured by the light of the setting sun 
glowing on the snow. It seems almost like 
a light from another world, and vanishes as 
suddenly and mysteriously as it came. : 
As we look up from the valleys the 
mountain peaks seem like separate pinnacles 
projecting far above the general level. This, 
however, is a very erroneous impression, and 
when we examine the view from the top of 
any of the higher mountains, or even from 
1 Bullar, Azores. 
