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Two pieces about one place, and what time does to it.

The ECLIPSE tool: the sun and moon at true altitude and azimuth above a horizon, with the shadow path drawn across a map.
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ECLIPSE

12 August 2026 · previsualisation

Where the sun and moon will actually be on the day, from any spot on earth — a ground view, the totality band on map and globe with the umbra moving live, and the shadow cones seen from space. Real ephemeris, computed in the browser, works with no signal.

eclipse.mankai.art
A gaussian-splat reconstruction of an oak tree in autumn colour against a dark sky.
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PASSAGE OF TIME

Lloyd Park, Croydon · gaussian splat

One oak, photographed across the seasons and rebuilt as a 3D gaussian splat. A whole year folded into a seamless sixty-three second loop, with music.

tree.mankai.art