human-experience-filter-art/docs/content-candidate-pool.md

Content candidate pool — operator-selected, vetted (2026-06-24)

WIRED (session 0016). The rotating pool below is now the live manifest: simulator/build_pool_manifest.py regenerates simulator/sample_media/manifest.json from this pool; the ring scale forest→coast rename + the cleanup list (bottom) are done; the player picks a random pool member on landing (player.ring.pick_clip_id). See content-pipeline design §11.

The 5 scales each get a rotating pool of clips. When the viewer lands on a scale by zooming the ring in/out, the player randomly picks one clip from that scale's pool. (This supersedes the one-clip-per-scale model — see docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-24-content-pipeline-design.md.)

Every clip below was operator-selected from the candidate gallery, is strict public-domain or CC‑BY‑class with attribution, and was vetted word‑free / human‑free (windows trimmed past title cards, captions, telemetry burn‑in, divers, construction, logos). All processed via tools/pipeline/run.py process_clip (trim → crossfade‑loop → 1080p proxy). Media is gitignored; this file is the re‑sourceable record. Sim ids are the simulator/sample_media/<id>/ dirs.

License rule confirmed by operator: CC0 / CC‑BY / CC‑BY‑SA are acceptable with a credit line (our overlays + dream are derivatives, which these allow); CC‑BY‑ND is NOT usable (no derivatives); CC‑BY‑NC only if the installation stays non‑commercial.

🌌 cosmos (pool of 5)

id	clip	source	window (s)	license / credit
cosmos	Cosmic Cliffs — Carina Nebula flythrough	NASA SVS 31348 — https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/31348/ (Clifs-3d-STScI.mp4, Exploring the Cosmic Cliffs in 3D, Webb NIRCam, 4K)	10–34	CC‑BY‑class — credit NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
cosmos_miri	Cosmic Cliffs — Carina Nebula, mid-infrared (same towers, muted gray/teal/gold dust palette)	ESA/Webb weic2205c — https://esawebb.org/videos/weic2205c/ (Pan of the Carina Nebula, combined NIRCam + MIRI, 4K weic2205c.mp4)	4–26	CC‑BY‑class — credit NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

ℹ️ Cosmos primary swapped to the Webb "Cosmic Cliffs" flythrough (2026-06-25, session 0018). History: the original primary was NASA/JPL's "Orion: Dust and Death" (captions burned in → cropping lost framing); it was then swapped to STScI's text-free Flight Through the Orion Nebula (SVS 30957, visible light). The operator found the Orion clip merely good and asked for a more dramatic nebula, so the primary is now STScI's Exploring the Cosmic Cliffs in 3D (Carina Nebula, Webb NIRCam, SVS 31348) — a full-frame, text-free 3D flythrough sourced from its 4K master (Clifs-3d-STScI.mp4, 3840×2160) → supersampled 1080p base + 4K master. Trim 10–34s clears the opening title card (gone by ~8s) and the end-credit card (~102s). The earlier decaption_cosmos crop helper remains removed. | cosmos_galaxies | Flying Through Galaxies | NASA SVS — https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a014900/a014950/14950_Galaxies_FlyThrough_4k.mp4 | 8–32 | PD | | cosmos_hudf | Hubble Ultra Deep Field zoom | NASA SVS — https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a030000/a030600/a030687/hudf-b-1920x1080p30.mov | 20–44 | CC‑BY‑class — credit NASA, ESA, STScI | | cosmos_xdf | eXtreme Deep Field flythrough | NASA SVS — https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a030000/a030600/a030681/hxdf_fly-b-1920x1080p30.mov | 2–26 | CC‑BY‑class — credit NASA, ESA, STScI |

➕ cosmos_miri added (2026-06-26). Operator wanted more Cosmic Cliffs footage and a different-color rendering. The keep-the-flythrough-primary + add-the-mid-infrared-pan pair: ESA/Webb's weic2205c is the same Carina towers shot with NIRCam + MIRI, so it renders in a muted gray/teal/gold dust palette instead of the iconic orange/blue — a distinct look from the same scene. Sourced text-free/human-free from the 4K master, trim 4–26s (clears the opening fade-from-black, ends before any tail fade) → 1080p base + 4K master, 1 s crossfade-loop (~21 s). ESA/Webb's narration-free "Diving Into the Cosmic Cliffs" pan (carina_revisit_pan, NIRCam palette) was the runner-up — left out for now since it repeats the existing palette; easy to add if wanted.

⚠️ DISCREPANCY to fix next session. Operator selected cosmos #1, #3 (Orion), #4, #5. During processing, #6 Galaxy Traverse was run by mistake instead of #3 Orion. The cosmos primary now lives at simulator/sample_media/cosmos/base.mp4 as the Webb Cosmic Cliffs flythrough (SVS 31348 — see the cosmos-primary note above). cosmos_traverse is an UNSELECTED extra on disk — drop it (or confirm with operator). The current ring scale id is cosmos; when the pool is wired, cosmos becomes one pool member.

🛰️ orbit (pool of 3)

id	clip	source	window (s)	license
orbit_planetearth	ISS — View of Planet Earth	NASA SVS — https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a030000/a030700/a030771/ISS_View_of_Planet_Earth_2160p.mp4	10–34	PD
orbit_crewobs	ISS — Crew Earth Observations	NASA SVS — https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a030000/a030700/a030771/ISS_Crew_Earth_Observations_2160p.mp4	9–33	PD
orbit_bluemarble	NPP "Blue Marble" rotating globe (CG)	NASA SVS — https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004500/a004550/BlueMarble_starfield_4k_2160p30_v2.mp4	10–34	PD

Operator also selected aurora→Perth (#4) and west‑coast lights (#5); both rejected as UNUSABLE — #4 has a date/time burned into every frame, #5 has the ISS module + solar panel in frame throughout. No clean window exists in either.

🏖️ coast (pool of 4) — NEW scale, replaces the granite/waterfall forest

id	clip	source	window (s)	license
coast_birdrock	Bird rock + ocean (aerial)	NPS Channel Islands — https://www.nps.gov/nps-audiovideo/audiovideo/663a2f13-6183-4b3e-a4a9-6698a84619d01080p.mp4	3–27	PD
coast_surfgrass	Surfgrass / coralline tidepool	NPS Cabrillo — https://www.nps.gov/nps-audiovideo/audiovideo/de7d1cf2-e422-45b5-aa66-4c69e29a4d811080p.mp4	2–26	PD
coast_elkbeach	Elk resting in coastal grass/fog	NPS Redwood — https://www.nps.gov/nps-audiovideo/legacy/redw/4634070E-F68D-4F74-E43174448168AC8A/redw-elkbeach_1280x720.mp4	20–38	PD (720p source)
coast_drakesbeach	Elephant seals on dark sand	NPS Point Reyes — https://www.nps.gov/nps-audiovideo/audiovideo/1cfd8165-1061-4d75-af53-b46c2e3ed2701080p.mp4	20–35	PD

Operator also selected the Lifeboat Station "elephant seal timelapse" (more‑options #3) — FAILED: the NPS page's video resolved to the wrong footage (an aerial of the bay with road/parking/boats, no seals). An alternate source UUID (50a7a20a-9e52-4643-b186-c61ce1cef0f7) appeared in the page HTML and could be retried next session if the seal timelapse is still wanted.

Scale rename: the live ring scale is still forest (Yosemite). Next session renames it coast and points it at this pool. The old real Yosemite base (simulator/sample_media/forest/) becomes unused.

🐠 reef (pool of 5)

All NOAA Fisheries b‑roll (PD, credit "NOAA Fisheries"); Brightcove download endpoint https://download.gallery.brightcove.com/api/gallery/account/659677166001/site/site-600408/video/<VIDEO_ID>/download.

id	clip	VIDEO_ID	window (s)	notes
reef_spawning	Snapper school + yellow fish over sunlit reef	1553921798001	50–78	clean window from a 12‑min reel
reef_hawkfish	Humphead parrotfish over reef (Hawaiian atoll)	6039896460001	250–274
reef_lionfish	Lionfish hovering + blue snapper	4088881464001	12–36	underwater clean; humans on land after ~190s
reef_snapper	Red snapper schooling (Gulf, greenish water)	5305427942001	7–31
reef_coralspacific	Pacific coral macro, spotted fish	5231464663001	30–54	diver‑free window (divers at 6–25s)

🦑 abyss (pool of 3)

All NOAA Ocean Exploration (PD, 17 U.S.C. §105). These have creatures drifting into and out of frame — the prime material for time‑windowed tracked labels.

id	clip	source	window (s)	creatures
abyss_wow	"World of Water"	https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wow-1280x720-1.mp4	10–34	jelly + ctenophore + siphonophore enter/exit
abyss_midwaterexp	"Midwater Exploration"	https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/midwater-exploration-1920x1080-1.mp4	16–40	white medusa + red worm enter/exit
abyss_hiding	"Hiding in the Dark"	https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dark-1280x720-1.mp4	20–44	crimson jelly + ctenophore enter/exit

Operator also selected Crossota (#4) and comb jelly (#5); both rejected — Crossota has only ~17s clean (too short for a 24s window), comb jelly has a species caption covering the whole clip.

On disk but NOT in any pool — ✅ CLEANED UP (session 0016)

Removed from local media (all were gitignored, so repo-invisible):

• cosmos_traverse — unselected (the #6/#3 mix‑up above). dropped.
• orbit_westcoast — rejected (ISS hardware in frame). dropped.
• forest — the old Yosemite base, superseded by the coast pool. dropped.
• reef — the original placeholder/early reef base, superseded by reef_*. dropped.
• orbit / abyss — the Increment‑1 single real bases (NASA ISS Exp65 / ctenophore), not in the new pools. dropped (the cosmos base — now the Webb Cosmic Cliffs flythrough, SVS 31348 — stays as the cosmos pool primary).
• review.html gallery — now .gitignored (local‑only, re‑buildable).