'Alignment' is a panoramic view of a medium-sized planet in another star system. The planet is large enough to retain an atmosphere with clouds and vapor 'banding' appearing on the horizon. A few craters on the reddish-brown surface can be made out but no seas or lakes are visible. This appears as an early stage in the planet's development.

The temperature and pressure conditions at the surface are such that lakes and oceans have not yet formed. Rainfall is limited and when it does occur - it will seldom reach the planet's surface before evaporating and rising again.

A small moon has been captured by the planet's gravitional attraction and has stabilized in an orbit that puts the planet, the moon, and the sun in perfect alignment - but will never result in a full eclipse due to the relatively small diameter of the moon, its' distance from the planet, and the size of the sun which is just out of our view at the top!