2.8

Animated sunscope with day cycle

assets/css/header.css

@@ -191,6 +191,42 @@
   display: block;
 }
 
+/* Wraps the dial SVG + the precip FX canvas so the canvas can overlay the
+   lens. Sizes itself to the SVG (220px, or 250px on mobile). */
+.scope-wrap {
+  position: relative;
+  display: inline-block;
+  line-height: 0;
+}
+
+/* Animated rain/snow/lightning layer, clipped to the lens circle and sitting
+   on top of the glass. Inset to 95% to match the lens radius (r=95 of 100). */
+.scope-fx {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 50%;
+  left: 50%;
+  width: 95%;
+  height: 95%;
+  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+
+/* Cloud sprite strips drift horizontally inside the lens; sprites are
+   duplicated +200 user-units so the wrap is seamless. */
+@keyframes scopeCloudDrift {
+  from { transform: translateX(0); }
+  to   { transform: translateX(var(--drift, -200px)); }
+}
+.scope-cloud-layer {
+  animation: scopeCloudDrift linear infinite;
+  will-change: transform;
+}
+
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+  .scope-cloud-layer { animation: none; }
+}
+
 .scope-col {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
@@ -198,6 +234,52 @@
   gap: 8px;
 }
 
+/* Time-lapse toggle beneath the dial. Brass pill matching the scope bezel. */
+.scope-play {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 7px;
+  padding: 4px 12px;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(200, 146, 42, 0.5);
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  background: rgba(40, 28, 10, 0.55);
+  color: #e8d8c0;
+  font-family: 'Manrope', sans-serif;
+  font-size: 11px;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  letter-spacing: 0.5px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  transition: background 0.15s, border-color 0.15s, color 0.15s;
+}
+.scope-play:hover {
+  background: rgba(200, 146, 42, 0.18);
+  border-color: rgba(200, 146, 42, 0.85);
+  color: #f5edd6;
+}
+.scope-play.is-playing {
+  padding: 4px 14px;
+  background: #241708;                       /* solid dark so the clock pops */
+  border-color: rgba(200, 146, 42, 0.9);
+  color: #ffd98a;
+}
+.scope-play.is-playing:hover {
+  background: #2e1d0a;
+  color: #ffe6b0;
+}
+.scope-play-icon { font-size: 9px; line-height: 1; }
+/* While playing, the simulated clock is the main readout — big, bright and
+   monospaced so the digits don't jitter as they tick. */
+.scope-play.is-playing .scope-play-label {
+  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
+  font-size: 15px;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  letter-spacing: 0.5px;
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+  min-width: 52px;
+  text-align: center;
+  color: #ffd98a;
+}
+
 /* The environment selector sits just below the dial, centred under it.
    Kept out of .scope-col so the dial alone defines that column's height
    and stays vertically centred against the side columns. */