
But this is not actually the case, which we find out when Patema & Age take the flying ship to the innermost section.īehind the stars that Age's civilization sees is actually a huge feat of engineering. I think what people found confusing about this is the fact that looking up they were able to see the stars. The blue sector is where Age's civilisation resides. Some areas would have light leaking from Age's land. The light source here is mainly electric or oil-based. This is indicated on the picture by little red people. Despite the title - Patema is not in fact inverted - She is the correct way up. The cave dwellers who are her family are decendants of the people who burrowed into the earth in order to keep contact with the inverted civilisation. The next layer is Patema's home ( brown)- Tunnels in between Age's world and the outside. This layer (with the seas and continents) is actually where they end up at the end of the movie revealing that Age's civilisation were actually the inverts who were caught in the scientists' disaster and had their gravity reversed - despite their teachings otherwise. The light sources here are the same as ours - The Sun, Moon & Stars. It may have continental differences and other things, but nothing overly dissimilar to Earth. So, on the outside is the world like we the one we live on. We'll explore this planet from the outside in. WARNING: This explanation would be impossible without spoilers, so exit this question if you don't want to reveal parts of the story! I've made a little picture to explain the orientation of Patema's world:
