About this picture
Sunlight floods a stone terrace perched high above the Alfama district in Lisbon. In the foreground, vibrant magenta bougainvillea tumbles across a carved balustrade and a bench decorated with traditional blue ceramic tiles. Below the viewpoint, a sea of red terracotta rooftops cascades toward the blue Tagus River, punctuated by gleaming white church domes and towers. In the distance, sailboats glide across the water beneath a sunny sky, framed by the distant red suspension bridge spanning the horizon.
The story so far
This photo is part of The Mender of Lantern Street, a story told one torn photograph at a time. Mira assembled the fifteenth envelope and followed Ada's arrival in Lisbon after three years of waiting. On the platform at Santa Apolónia, the man in the grey coat finally turned to face the lens.
How to play
Drag a piece onto another square to swap them, or tap a piece and then tap where it should go. Hold Preview for a faded glimpse of the photo: enough to see where the sky and the street go, not the details. Pieces that belong together join up and move as one, and turn green once they are in the right place. You have 2:00 for these 16 pieces, and the clock keeps running if you leave the page. Each photo has three stars: one for restoring it, one for finishing with0:48 still on the clock without taking extra time, and one for doing it in 18 moves or fewer. Each episode starts with 2 hints and earns more along the way; unused hints carry over to later photos. Playing needs a free account, which keeps your stars and stamps on every device. Restoring photos earns stamps (more for more stars, and extra for whole episodes), which buy more time or more hints. Once the photo is restored, turn it over and look for the clue hidden in it. Photos open one after another and episodes in order; each new chapter opens once you have enough stars from the chapters before it.