text_original: What they saw then was the strangest sight they had beheld since they had left the Earth. As far as their eyes could reach the surface of the Ganymede was covered with vast orderly patches, mostly rectangular, of what they at first took for ice, but which they soon found to be a something that was self illuminating.
text_transcription: WHAT THEY SAW THEN WAS THE STRANGEST SIGHT THEY HAD BEHELD SINCE THEY HAD LEFT THE EARTH AS FAR AS THEIR EYES COULD REACH THE SURFACE OF THE GANYMEDE WAS COVERED WITH VAST ORDERLY PATCHES MOSTLY RECTANGULAR OF WHAT THEY AT FIRST TOOK FOR ICE BUT WHICH THEY SOON FOUND TO BE A SOMETHING THAT WAS SELF ILLUMINATING
phonemes: wˌʌt ðeɪ sˈɔː ðˈɛn wʌzðə stɹˈeɪndʒɪst sˈaɪt ðeɪ hæd bᵻhˈɛld sˈɪns ðeɪ hæd lˈɛft ðɪ ˈɜːθ. æz fˈɑːɹ æz ðɛɹ ˈaɪz kʊd ɹˈiːtʃ ðə sˈɜːfɪs ʌvðə ɡˈænɪmˌiːd wʌz kˈʌvɚd wɪð vˈæst ˈɔːɹdɚli pˈætʃᵻz, mˈoʊstli ɹɛktˈæŋɡjʊlɚ, ʌv wʌt ðeɪ æt fˈɜːst tˈʊk fɔːɹ ˈaɪs, bˌʌt wˌɪtʃ ðeɪ sˈuːn fˈaʊnd təbi ɐ sˈʌmθɪŋ ðæt wʌz sˈɛlf ɪlˈuːmᵻnˌeɪɾɪŋ.