# Crashed in the Glade

A painted hillside glade at dusk, where an old crashed spaceship has become a home for rabbits

Model credits \(Sketchfab\):
“Spaceship” by JCarvajal, via Sketchfab \(https://sketchfab\.com/3d\-models/00c7005a1ae74487874a9f518cc25d24\)\. CC\-BY\-4\.0: https://creativecommons\.org/licenses/by/4\.0/ Prepared for Jig; static geometry/material conversion\.
“Low poly rabbit” by Tin3D, via Sketchfab \(https://sketchfab\.com/3d\-models/284412021a4c42879b894271c0bcc634\)\. CC\-BY\-4\.0: https://creativecommons\.org/licenses/

By greenlig

Topic: Art, Music & Film

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## Guide

### 1. Crashed in the Glade

High on a wooded hill there is a small green clearing, called a glade\. In the middle sits a spaceship that landed hard, a very long time ago\. Nobody flies it now, but it is far from empty\. Drag to look around\.

Scroll or pinch to look closer\.

### 2. The lurking forest

All around the glade, the old forest crowds in, dark and tangled\. Giant boulders lie where they rolled long ago, and twisted trees lean over them\. The glade is the one bright, open place on the hill\.

Light\-loving grasses and flowers grow in a gap like this, where the trees cannot shade the ground\.

### 3. Rust and moss

Rain and air have slowly turned the steel hull a warm, crumbly orange\. That is rust: iron joining with oxygen and water\. Moss and vines have climbed aboard, softening every edge\.

Moss has no true roots\. It drinks rain through its tiny leaves, so it can live on stone, bark or metal\.

### 4. Someone lives here

The cargo door on the side fell open long ago and became a ramp\. Rabbits found the dry hold, lined it with hay and moved in\. Look for the small brass maker's plate above the doorway\.

Rabbits like snug, sheltered homes with a quick way out, much like a burrow\.

### 5. A light in the gloom

Deep in the hold, one old computer panel is still switched on\. Its soft green screen glows in the dusk and lights the hay and the curious faces around it\. Give it a gentle wake\-up and see who comes to look\.

### 6. The gloaming

The gloaming is an old Scottish word for twilight, the gentle time just after sunset\. The sun has slipped below the hill, yet the sky still glows peach and violet\. The first stars and fireflies come out\.

Rabbits are most active at dawn and dusk, so for them the gloaming is the busiest time of day\.

### 7. Goodnight, glade

The forest goes quiet and the glade settles in for the night\. The old ship will never fly again, but it has found a new purpose as a home\. Turn the view to see it from every side\.