Heat Haze Shimmer
A copy-paste weather & ambient component in pure HTML & CSS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.
Weather & AmbientHTMLCSSany framework
Copy into your project
HTML
<!-- Heat Haze Shimmer (blurred bands rising off hot ground) -->
<div class="nuda-wa2-heat-haze" role="img" aria-label="Heat haze rising from hot ground">
<span class="nuda-wa2-heat-haze__sun"></span>
<span class="nuda-wa2-heat-haze__ground"></span>
<span class="nuda-wa2-heat-haze__wave nuda-wa2-heat-haze__wave--1"></span>
<span class="nuda-wa2-heat-haze__wave nuda-wa2-heat-haze__wave--2"></span>
<span class="nuda-wa2-heat-haze__wave nuda-wa2-heat-haze__wave--3"></span>
</div>CSS
.nuda-wa2-heat-haze {
position: relative;
width: 100%;
max-width: 220px;
height: 130px;
border-radius: 14px;
overflow: hidden;
background: linear-gradient(180deg,#1a1206 0%,#241a08 55%,#0f0b04 100%);
}
.nuda-wa2-heat-haze__sun {
position: absolute;
top: 16px;
left: 50%;
width: 34px;
height: 34px;
border-radius: 50%;
transform: translateX(-50%);
background: radial-gradient(circle,#fafafa 0 25%,#e4ff54 55%,rgba(228,255,84,.15) 75%,transparent 80%);
will-change: opacity;
animation: _nuda-wa2heatHazeSun 4s ease-in-out infinite;
}
.nuda-wa2-heat-haze__ground {
position: absolute;
left: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
height: 40%;
background: linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(228,255,84,.06),rgba(9,9,11,.9));
}
.nuda-wa2-heat-haze__wave {
position: absolute;
left: -10%;
width: 120%;
height: 22px;
background: linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(255,255,255,.10),transparent);
filter: blur(6px);
opacity: .5;
will-change: transform,opacity;
transform-origin: 50% 100%;
}
.nuda-wa2-heat-haze__wave--1 {
bottom: 8%;
animation: _nuda-wa2heatHazeRise 2.4s ease-in-out infinite;
}
.nuda-wa2-heat-haze__wave--2 {
bottom: 20%;
animation: _nuda-wa2heatHazeRise 3s ease-in-out infinite .4s;
}
.nuda-wa2-heat-haze__wave--3 {
bottom: 34%;
animation: _nuda-wa2heatHazeRise 3.6s ease-in-out infinite .8s;
}
@keyframes _nuda-wa2heatHazeRise {
0%,100% {
transform: scaleY(1) translateY(0);
opacity: .35;
}
50% {
transform: scaleY(1.6) translateY(-6px);
opacity: .6;
}
}
@keyframes _nuda-wa2heatHazeSun {
0%,100% {
opacity: .85;
}
50% {
opacity: 1;
}
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce) {
.nuda-wa2-heat-haze__wave,.nuda-wa2-heat-haze__sun {
animation: none;
opacity: .4;
}
}
How to use Heat Haze Shimmer
Paste the HTML where you need it and the CSS into a global stylesheet (or a <style> tag). Every class is prefixed nuda- so it never collides with Tailwind or your own styles. Tweak the CSS custom properties to match your design system.
Works in React, Vue, Svelte, Astro, Next.js, Nuxt, Laravel Blade, Django, Rails — or a single .html file. No npm install, no build step.