Mac Oglesby directed us to > >Speaking of eroded rock, today's image at > >http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html > >shows just how powerful and extensive erosion can be! > showing, amongst other things, 'Sinuous rilles' - 'discovered over 200 years ago on the moon'.
"...And there were gardens bright with sinuous rilles Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree. And forests, lonely as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery!" Imperfectly recalled from 'O'Level Eng.Lit. perhaps but was this the same image source as 'Khubla Khan'? Perhaps Alph, the sacred river, run in a Xanadu on an opiate-inspired moon in STC's imagination? Tony Moss -
