The fireball, half of it white, half azure blue, and the size of a ten-inch shell, moved slowly about the raft, but revolving on its own axis with astonishing velocity, as if whipped round by the force of the whirlwind.
La esfera, mitad blanca y mitad azulada, del tamaño de una bomba de diez pulgadas, se pasea lentamente, girando con velocidad sorprendente bajo el impulso del huracán.