It was sheer bad luck. Our noon sights were still lacking.

这真是没办法的事。观察又不能做。

The mist had cleared, and on that day I hoped our noon sights could be accomplished.

浓雾散开，我希望今天我们的方位观察可以做出来。

Arriving at the summit of this peak, Captain Nemo carefully determined its elevation by means of his barometer, since he had to take this factor into account in his noon sights.

尼摩船长走到峰顶上，拿晴雨表小心测量尖峰的高度，因为在他的观察中，峰高也要估计在内。

At the moment of our noon sights, we passed fairly close to the island of Aurou, which looked to me like a mass of green woods crowned by a peak of great height.

在我们中午看到的那一刻， 我们已经离奥鲁岛相当近了，在我看来，它就像一大片绿色的树林， 上面有一座高耸的山峰。