Night Departure at Gare d'Austerlitz, July 1968

Photo 10 of 10 · S1 · E14 · The Pont des Arts, July 1968 · Chapter 2: Paris, 1968

The last photograph moved to a cavernous train station. Steam drifted across the night platform under iron arches.

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About this picture

Under the sweeping iron arches of a grand railway station, evening travelers gather along a wet platform beside a dark green express train. Plumes of white steam drift upward toward the curved glass roof, catching the warm glow of lampposts and bright locomotive headlights. In the foreground, heavy leather suitcases rest on a wooden baggage trolley beside a lit conductor lantern, while passengers carrying bags step into the warmly illuminated carriages.

The story so far

This photo is part of The Mender of Lantern Street, a story told one torn photograph at a time. A warm Sunday in the Luxembourg Gardens led Ada past toy sailboats and shaded chestnut paths. When Mira restored the final photograph, she discovered a sketchbook filled with hand-drawn maps of Portugal.

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 6:00 for these 49 pieces, and the clock keeps running if you leave the page. Each photo has three stars: one for restoring it, one for finishing with2:24 still on the clock without taking extra time, and one for doing it in 65 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.