That damnable portent had had a material basis after all-there had been some horizontal stratum of ice-dust in the upper air, and this shocking stone survival had projected its image across the mountains according to the simple laws of reflection.
Mirari madarikatu hark bazuen oinarri materiala, azken batean: goiko airean izotz-hautsezko geruzaren bat egongo zen, eta bizirik iraun zuen harrizko hiri ikaragarriak bere irudia proiektatu zuen mendiez harago, islapenaren legeei jarraituz.