Three points.
One: the description of the brightness was upon the first observation of
the
inner sun. This was at the initial point around the circumference of the
hole which would have been a very non-direct angle from the suns full
face.
Two: He also described that it was overcast or hidden in a large cloud
bank
far away. He didn't say far above them, but rather far away, indicating
in
front of them, indicating this initial sighting which placed the sun in
front
of them and not directly above them as it would constantly be while one
was
on the interior surface.
Norlan,
So far I'm with you. Here is his description from that point, still high up
on the circumference.
" It could hardly be said to resemble the sun, except in its circular shape,
and
when not obscured by clouds or the ocean mists, it had a hazy-red, bronzed
appearance, which would change to a white like a luminous cloud, as if
reflecting some greater light beyond."
The sun at that point was twice the light of a
full moon, whatever that means, but, that doesn't mean that the inner sun
maintained that same brightness the entire time they were in the interior.
In fact, it would stand to reason that the sun would get brighter as one
moved more directly underneath the sun rather than on such an initial
angle.
Even after they were found by the ship Olaf referred to the Sun as being
surrounded by some kind of cloudiness.
" The ship's speed, at
tomes, surpassed that of any railroad train on which I have ever ridden,
even
here in America. It was wonderful.
In the meantime we had lost sight of the sun's rays, but we found a radiance
"within" emanating from the dull-red sun which had already attracted our
attention, now giving out a white light seemingly from a cloud-bank far away
in front of us. It dispensed a greater light, I should say, than two full
moons on the clearest night."
From Jehu, he was still describing the Sun as being situated within a cloud
bank of some kind:
" The great luminous cloud or ball of dull-red fiery - fire-red in the
mornings
and evenings, and during the day giving off a beautiful white light, "The
Smoky God," - is seemingly suspended in the center of the great vacuum
"within" the earth, and held to its place by the immutable law of
gravitation,
or a repellant atmospheric force, as the case may be. "
As such, I don't know how much brighter the sun would have gotten, one can
certainly read well under the light of two full moons.
This brightening process could have had its own subtleties. Olaf was
rather
preoccupied with things after they traveled further into the opening and
neared land and civilization. Later, he claims to have read there and
conducted a series of observations, while never complaining about the
amount
of light (or lack thereof) that he had while there. I think it would be
presumptuous to assume too much from Olaf's initial description of the
central sun.
The only thing I presume and feel fairly strong about is the idea that the
sun was dimmer than the surface sun, softer light.
This fits in well, too, with the Cater's idea of the inner sun being some
type of lower electron/photon aggregate, which has attained a lower
frequency.
I won't really argue much against the idea that the narrator made the more
more " palatable " in his mind and fooled with a few things. Rising and
setting of the interior sun, stars, a base for the sun to sit on high in the
sky- these are things that could have been fooled with as the tone of the
narration changed.
A dimmer side of the inner sun is feasable, but I don't think that any
hollow Earth model depends on it, certainly Cater's doesn't, he didn't feel
comfortable with the idea.
Third: This feeling is supported by the magazine article which was in
Palmer's Flying Saucer magazine. The Land of Azareth I believe was the
series which touched on it in subsequent follow-up stories, where the
night/day and twinkle star descriptions were attributed to the reporter's
inferences. As far as the gravity comments, I didn't mention them as
being
suspect. I was mostly refering to the twinkle star reference depicted
later.
Someone who knew the reporter author claimed he admitted to adding a
little
of his own input.
Something to think about.
Norlan
Would it be possible to access that series of critiques? I think that
modern-day hollow Earthers have not been exposed to these older analyses. It
would be a good idea to give them some exposure. I've got space on my site.
I do appreciate these discussions and re-affirm that I am happy to entertain
ideas opposite from my own.
Dharma/Dean