A study drawn from the panel's palette card, at its real 40 × 30 cm proportions. Photography follows when the piece is photographed under the north window.

First contact is the second an eclipse begins. The disc breaks the frame edge, which the series rules technically forbid. Rules are for the other panels.

• Ink petrol#080D13
• Tide teal#2E6E6A
• Moon oat#F2EFE8

1. Cradled birch panel, two sealed gesso coats
2. Teal ground, the only colored sky in the series
3. The disc entering from the right edge, off-center on purpose
4. Resin flood, one coat