Chapter 7 Summary

The ship lands and Weston and Devine open the manhole to get out. Ransom finds himself impatient to get out and see the planet. Devine goes out first, followed by Ransom, and Weston, holding a revolver.

Ransom first notices the ground, which is covered with a pinkish foliage. The sky is pale blue and he sees a rose colored cloud in the distance. It is cold. He sees a small hut nearby and immediately assumes it was made by the inhabitants. He is corrected by Weston, who informs him that the hut was built by Devine and Weston on a previous journey. The three men begin to transfer supplies and provisions from the ship to the hut.

From his limited view, Ransom notes that the ship has landed on an island or peninsula in the middle of a lake of blue water. Everything...