#500Supernova Through Glass
The last idea on the list watches a star die from behind a window. A supernova detonates in the distance — core flash, expanding shock shell, radial filaments of ejecta — and between it and you stands a grid of observation-deck glass panels. The shockwave reaches each pane in turn, and for the moment it passes through, that pane’s refractive index spikes: the blast behind it smears and tears into chromatic fringes while the pane flares at its edges. Then the wave moves on and the pane keeps the damage — a web of cracks fades in and stays until the star detonates again. Hover to set where the star explodes, scroll to change the panel pitch, and press to hold the shock at full force while every pane it touches shatters at once.