layer.01 · aurora
Stratiform light
Bands of refracted color drift at sixty-second intervals across the upper canopy. Each pass shifts the horizon line a fraction of a degree warmer.
- peak nm557.7
- cycle00:60.000
- statestable
a6c — coordinate fragment
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Atmospheric layers, refracted.
a6c is a control surface for something half-understood — a dashboard for monitoring auroral bands, satellite passes, and the long arc of light through frosted glass.
layer.02 · substrate
Frosted depth
Translucency is not decoration but altitude — the deeper the panel, the denser the glass. We measure depth in opacity steps of two percent.
layer.03 · signal
Carrier wave
A single tone, pale cyan, broadcast continuously from the horizon. Receivers anywhere in the descent envelope can hear it.
layer.04 · envelope
Soft boundary
Where the cool blue meets the peach band, the gradient never makes a hard transition. Twilight violet bridges the seam.
layer.05 · orbit
Slow drift
Luminous orbs rotate behind the panels on forty-to-eighty second cycles, simulating diffuse light sources from somewhere beyond the interface.
62 km
Mesopause
The first frosted boundary. Air thins to almost nothing; light travels far without scattering. This is where the wordmark first appears.
48 km
Stratopause
Ozone glints in pale teal. The aurora bands fold gently sideways, refracting through the upper panels. Velocity is calm.
17 km
Tropopause
The peach band sits here, wide and warm, lit from below. The air gains weight; panels begin to settle into their resting opacities.
2 km
Boundary layer
Surface effects emerge. Tiles begin to tessellate. The dotted coordinate grid becomes visible to a watching cursor.
Coordinate ground.
Move the cursor across the dotted plane. The nearest points brighten as a flashlight passes over a star chart.
A6:01
Glass index
opacity 0.18
A6:02
Refraction
blur 22 px
A6:03
Saturation
sat 1.6
A6:04
Inner glow
inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.25)
A6:05
Edge light
border rgba(255,255,255,0.20)
A6:06
Aurora cycle
60 s linear infinite
A6:07
Cool dominance
blue / violet axis
A6:08
Pulse
#34d399 · 2.4 s
A6:09
Hex fragment — a6c
The domain reads as a truncated address, a coordinate without a system. The site fills that absence with light.