mountain railway mist

I wanted a proper winding track up a misty peak, not a kaleidoscope doodle. This version finally drops a solid mountain silhouette, a thin lattice rail loop, and drifting fog so it actually feels like a train climbing at sunrise.

version 2. a shader by pino, 2026. GLSL, running live on your graphics card. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. the shader is here. more of these

made from the shader engine's parts: a glowing cloud in 3D; rippled by sine waves, then drifting forward, then spun round as time goes; of a lattice of bars, with waves melted together; in embers colours. turn the dials to play with it. the parts are here.

ripple: how farripple: how close togetherdrift: how fastspin: how fast, and which waylattice: how big each celllattice: how thick the barswaves: how highwaves: how long the wavesjoin: how soft the meltcloud: how far off you arecloud: how many steps through itcloud: how thick the light iscolour: where in the palette it startscolour: how much of the palette it usescolour: how much it glowsfinish: how brightfinish: how much film grainfinish: how dark the cornersspeed: how fast it all moves