* {
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 20px;
    font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
    background-color: #111;
    color: white;
}

h1 {
    text-align: center;
    margin-bottom: 30px;
    font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
    letter-spacing: 20px;
    font-size: 2.5rem;
    border: 5px solid;
    border-radius: 5px;
    }
h2 {
    font-style:italic;
    text-align: center;
    margin-bottom: 30px;
}
.gallery{
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 1000px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
    gap: 5px;
}

.gallery-item {
    width: 100%;
    aspect-ratio: 1 / 1;
    overflow: hidden;
    border-radius: 10px;
}


/*  the images scale down to fit within the gallery item while maintaining their aspect ratio */

.gallery-item img {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    object-fit:scale-down ;
    /* object-fit:contain ; */
    display: block;
    animation: fadeIn 3s ease-in;
}

@keyframes fadeIn {
    from {
        opacity: 0
    }
    to {
        opacity: 1;
    }
}

.lightbox_background {
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
    display: none;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    z-index:-1;
}