Binoculars in literature (1 Viewer)

[Crusty]

This is a nice thread -- for anyone interested in binoculars and nature. I hope it continues.

 

[fazalmajid]

In Frank Herbert's Dune:

“I lost the pack,” he said. “It’s buried under a hundred tons of sand . . . at least.”
“Everything?”
“The spare water, the stilltent—everything that counts.” He touched a pocket. “I still have the paracompass.” He fumbled at the waist sash. “Knife and binoculars. We can get a good look around the place where we’ll die.”

“She turned, seeing that Paul had the tent up, its rib-domed hemisphere blending with the rock walls of the fissure. Paul stepped past her, lifting his binoculars. He adjusted their internal pressure with a quick twist, focused the oil lenses on the other cliff, lifting golden tan in morning light across open sand.
Jessica watched as he studied that apocalyptic landscape, his eyes probing into sand rivers and canyons.
“There are growing things over there,” he said.
Jessica found the spare binoculars in the pack beside the tent, moved up beside Paul.
“There,” he said, holding the binoculars with one hand and pointing with the other.
She looked where he pointed.”

“OIL LENS: hufuf oil held in static tension by an enclosing force field within a viewing tube as part of a magnifying or other light-manipulation system. Because each lens element can be adjusted individually one micron at a time, the oil lens is considered the ultimate in accuracy for manipulating visible light.”

 

[winginit]

Not literature, but if we can add journalism this historical story might be of interest. Or should this be a separate thread, binoculars in news/history?

Were there binoculars aboard the Titanic?