i looked out the window and saw a really cool scene. it was late at night, driving between populated areas so the only light on the landscape was from the full moon in the clear sky. everything was lit in that pale light powerful enough to cast shadows.

along this stretch of highway there was an empty snow-covered embankment glowing in the moonlight as snow is oft to do. at the top of the hill were a bunch of pine trees that looked pitch-black in front of a row of clouds hovering just behind them. the clouds were at the perfect altitude so you couldn’t see the bottom behind the hill, and the tops were well above the treeline. they were probably my favorite part (i really like clouds). they looked really solid, and the light from the moon gave them this positively 3d shaded appearance - white and blue. above those was a really dark blue but clear sky with a few stars. the moon was really high, so i couldn’t really see it from the drivers seat without endangering my passengers, but i imagine it could only add to the scene.

the non-repeating horizontal patterns combined with the parallax from driving by made it look like the most beautiful side-scroller i could imagine.