there was a flickering of light and the chamber began to fill with multiple three dimensional pictures of places and things from the past , landscapes filled with trees and mountains , clear water lakes and colorful birds flying in the open air , creatures great and small not mutated or plated in armor , cats , dogs , horses , cattle , all the wonderful animal life that once flourished alongside mankind , then came the creatures of the wild , lions , tigers , elephants , graceful birds of all kinds soaring through blue skies and after that the living things of the sea , whales , sharks , dolphins , tropical fish moving in riots of color and design .