Imagine floating over an expanse of delicately rainbow-hued cubes that move up and down gracefully like the hammers on a piano when its keys are struck.

You soar over and through the giant cubic cloud watching as each square’s colors evolve subtly, stretching and retracting in a soothing rhythm that becomes a great shifting tide of misty hues.

This is Storm Cells, created by Oberon Onmura, which opened on November 15.

Each of the 8×8m cubes (the “cells” in Storm Cells) – about a thousand of them – is scripted to react to Second Life cloud density. According to the note card you’ll be offered upon arriving at the exhibit:

“As the cloud density over each cell increases, it simultaneously lightens its color toward white and increases its height. The result is a dynamic multidimensional map of Second Life’s random cloud function.”

Upon arriving at Storm Cells, you can walk around on top or to really immerse yourself, hop on a “tour vehicle” – a prim that will glide you seamlessly through the cells, moving forward, back, up and down.

One especially nice feature (as if floating thousands of meters in the sky over an intricate color and light display isn’t enough) is that if you’re the first person to reach a particular cell, your avatar’s name will be displayed via floating text on that for the duration of the exhibit. It’s a really cool feeling to be floating through a beautiful, translucent, rainbow-hued cell and suddenly see your name appear on it.

If you like playing with Windlight settings, Storm Cells is a can’t-miss destination. If you do not – well, the exhibit might just get you to start.

As the welcome note card will tell you:

“Oberon has thoughtfully considered the viewer experience, and scripted several sits – one with aerial view of full installation, and several with scripted tours through the storm cells. The tour provides an up-close appreciation of the fluid cloud scripting through the cells, and the beautiful color gradations throughout the sky For additional amazing color palettes, try different sun and sky settings, and fly around.”

Take that advice – Teleport over to Storm Cells and fly around. Your eyes will thank you.