Red Weed By Martian Canal

Intensely red weeds grow by the side of a Martian canal.  Yellow worms swim in the cold, filthy water.  Some hardier plants from Earth also grow, underneath the red Martian skies! 

This is the same red weed that H. G. Wells wrote about in 'The War Of The Worlds'.   The Earth makes a cameo appearance as a the blue Evening Star in the ruddy, Martian sky.