From the September 8, 1934, issue

CLEFTS OR “CANALS” ARE NOW DISCOVERED ON THE MOON

“Ditchlike,” straight-line depressions on the surface of the moon are exciting the interest of astronomers.

“Canals,” some observers have been tempted to call them, by analogy with the famous and oft-disputed markings on the planet Mars.

The Journal of the British Astronomical Association has brought some newly recorded markings on the moon to the attention of European scientists through the publication of drawings by L.F.