Before We Explain the World

Photography by Lu Heng

5The Scale of Time

A Circle of Light in the Dark

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A small point of light, a widening circle, then different colours. Each photograph holds a different shape of light. Darkness leaves enough room around it to see the shape clearly.

  1. A small golden burst contains a red point of light at its centre.
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    A golden firework with a red centre

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  1. A single small golden firework opens above a faint line of lights.
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    A single golden firework

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  2. A pink and gold firework bursts above a long trail against the dark sky.
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    A single coloured firework

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  1. A golden firework radiates around a compact pink centre.
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    A firework with a pink centre

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  2. Red and gold rays radiate from a bright centre into the black sky.
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    A radiating red and gold firework

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  1. Long golden trails fall from a dense crown of light in the night.
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    A golden burst in the night

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  2. A pale gold firework opens into a nearly perfect round burst.
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    A pale golden firework

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  3. Purple sparks punctuate the pale golden trails of a firework against black sky.
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    A golden firework with purple sparks

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