Plants disappear; granite rocks soften; intense heat converts solid bodies into thick fluids; the waters again cover the face of the earth; they boil, they rise in whirling eddies of steam; white and ghastly mists wrap round the shifting forms of the earth, which by imperceptible degrees dissolves into a gaseous mass, glowing fiery red and white, as large and as shining as the sun.
A vizek forrva, párologva futnak a Föld felszínén. Párák vonják be a Földet, a Föld maga lassacskán gázok tömegévé válik, fehéren izzik, akkora, mint a Nap, és úgy is ragyog, mint az.