Off on a Comet Book 1 Chapter 5

In which a violent upheaval on the Algerian coast leaves Captain Servadac and his orderly Ben Zoof bewildered by inexplicable changes in the sun’s position, the atmosphere, and the landscape, as they discover a vast new sea where the river once ran. They encounter strange natural phenomena that defy logic and reason, compelling them to confront a world that seems to have altered its very laws and dimensions overnight.