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contractVersion: 1
title: After the last light
description: An image-first field story told through local media, scroll scenes, and a visual rail.
language: en
localizations:
  ru: report.ru.md
theme: dark
layout: landing
preset: cinematic
scrollProgress: true
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# After the last light

**Fictional sample.** This visual essay demonstrates local image storytelling. The place, expedition, and
observations are invented; replace them with owned media and verified reporting.

Four frames follow a survey team across a changing ridge. The images lead. Captions and observations keep
their meaning available without motion.

::::actions{placement="edge"}
::action[Enter the ridge]{href="#ridge" kind="primary" effect="magnetic"}
::action[Browse the field roll]{href="#field-roll" kind="secondary"}
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::::::section{title="The ridge wakes" id="ridge" nav="Ridge" recipe="hero"}
:::lead
At 05:40 the eastern face catches the first light. A narrow weather window gives the team one continuous
line across the upper shelf before cloud returns.
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![Amber light breaking over a dark sculpted ridge](assets/cinematic.jpg)

:::callout{kind="info" title="Scene note"}
The package owns the staged crop, depth, reveal, and reduced-motion fallback. The source supplies one local
image and its meaning.
:::
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::::::section{title="Three changes in altitude" id="story" nav="Story" recipe="story"}
![Aerial terrain folded into bands of shadow and warm light](assets/terrain.jpg)

::::timeline{title="Traverse" description="The sequence links visible terrain changes to decisions made in the field."}
:::event{date="06:15" title="Lower shelf" kind="neutral"}
Loose stone redirects the first transect twenty metres north of the planned line.
:::
:::event{date="07:05" title="Middle face" kind="accent"}
Fresh water traces appear beneath a seam that looked dry from the valley.
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:::event{date="08:20" title="Upper ridge" kind="success"}
Wind clears the cloud long enough to complete the final panorama and close the route.
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::::::section{title="Field roll" id="field-roll" nav="Field roll" recipe="rail"}
![Cold blue aurora above a quiet horizon](assets/aurora.jpg)

![A red mineral plane cut by black geological lines](assets/gallery-red.jpg)

::::cards
:::card{title="Frame 01 · Weather"}
Cold light records the incoming cloud edge before the traverse begins.
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:::card{title="Frame 02 · Material"}
The red surface exposes a fracture pattern hidden from the lower approach.
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:::card{title="Frame 03 · Scale" href="#measure"}
Open the measured summary that closes the story.
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::::::section{title="What the team carries home" id="measure" nav="Summary" recipe="metrics"}
::::cards
:::card{title="4 local frames"}
Every image is packaged with the report; the built page makes no media request.
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:::card{title="1 continuous story"}
Scroll state changes emphasis, while source order and reduced motion preserve the complete narrative.
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:::card{title="2 output choices"}
Use one HTML for compact handoff or a content-addressed directory for larger media.
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:::decision{title="Let imagery carry structure"}
Use a cinematic direction when the sequence of owned images is evidence, context, or the subject itself.
Choose a report preset when pictures are only decoration.
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