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The '''Eclipsite Atmosphere''' is a light-absorbing gaseous medium that refracts and consumes photons, creating a perpetual twilight even under direct stellar illumination.   
The '''Eclipsite Atmosphere''' is a light-absorbing gaseous medium that refracts and consumes photons, creating a perpetual twilight even under direct stellar illumination.   
It is the *antithesis of dawn*, the equilibrium of radiance and silence.   
It is the ''antithesis of dawn'', the equilibrium of radiance and silence.   
In Continuum cosmology, Eclipsite-class worlds are said to “inhale light and exhale memory.”
In Continuum cosmology, Eclipsite-class worlds are said to “inhale light and exhale memory.”


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== Environmental Characteristics ==
== Environmental Characteristics ==
* **Pressure:** 0.87 atm   
* '''Pressure:''' 0.87 atm   
* **Temperature:** Cool (273–290 K)   
* '''Temperature:''' Cool (273–290 K)   
* **Visuals:** Skies appear violet-black even at noon; stars visible through the sun.   
* '''Visuals:''' Skies appear violet-black even at noon; stars visible through the sun.   
* **Acoustics:** Air carries whispers and harmonic echoes with extended reverb — as if the sound itself hesitates.   
* '''Acoustics:''' Air carries whispers and harmonic echoes with extended reverb — as if the sound itself hesitates.   
* **Optical Properties:** Refraction index varies with observation; reality appears layered and uncertain.   
* '''Optical Properties:''' Refraction index varies with observation; reality appears layered and uncertain.   


== Phenomena ==
== Phenomena ==
The Eclipsite atmosphere refracts consciousness as much as light.   
The Eclipsite atmosphere refracts consciousness as much as light.   
Telepaths describe their own thoughts “bending inward,” as if echoing back from an unseen surface.   
Telepaths describe their own thoughts “bending inward,” as if echoing back from an unseen surface.   
During high stellar flux, the sky forms **shadow auroras** — luminous voids shaped like inverted lightning.   
During high stellar flux, the sky forms '''shadow auroras''' — luminous voids shaped like inverted lightning.   
These are believed to be atmospheric thought scars from catastrophic psionic collapses.
These are believed to be atmospheric thought scars from catastrophic psionic collapses.