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Code interpretation

Define dom. The container contains 5 elements, representing 5 steps:

<div class="loader">
    <span></span>
    <span></span>
    <span></span>
    <span></span>
    <span></span>
</div>

Center:

body {
    margin: 0;
    height: 100vh;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    background-color: black;
}

Define container size:

.loader {
    width: 7em;
    height: 5em;
    font-size: 40px;
}

Draw 5 steps:

.loader {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    align-items: flex-end;
}

.loader span {
    width: 1em;
    height: 1em;
    background-color: white;
}

Use variables to rank 5 steps from low to high:

.loader span {
    height: calc(var(--n) * 1em);
}

.loader span:nth-child(1) {
    --n: 1;
}

.loader span:nth-child(2) {
    --n: 2;
}

.loader span:nth-child(3) {
    --n: 3;
}

.loader span:nth-child(4) {
    --n: 4;
}

.loader span:nth-child(5) {
    --n: 5;
}

Add animation to transform sort direction for steps:

.loader span {
    animation: sort 5s infinite;
}

@keyframes sort {
    0%, 40%, 100% {
        height: calc(var(--n) * 1em);
    }

    50%, 90% {
        height: calc(5em - (var(--n) - 1) * 1em);
    }
}

Now we do the animation of the little ball. We use the blindfold method to make the alternating motion of two small balls of the same color look like a little ball doing the reciprocating motion.

Draw 2 balls with pseudo elements:

.loader::before,
.loader::after {
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    width: 1em;
    height: 1em;
    background-color: white;
    border-radius: 50%;
    bottom: 1em;
}

.loader::before {
    left: 0;
}

.loader::after {
    left: 6em;
}

Increase the animation effect of making the ball move upward:

.loader::before,
.loader::after {
    animation: climbing 5s infinite;
    visibility: hidden;
}

.loader::after {
    animation-delay: 2.5s;
}

@keyframes climbing {
    0% {
        bottom: 1em;
        visibility: visible;
    }

    10% {
        bottom: 2em;
    }

    20% {
        bottom: 3em;
    }

    30% {
        bottom: 4em;
    }

    40% {
        bottom: 5em;
    }

    50% {
        bottom: 1em;
    }

    50%, 100% {
        visibility: hidden;
    }
}

When moving upward, it moves to both sides to form the animation effect of ascending steps:

.loader::before {
    --direction: 1;
}

.loader::after {
    --direction: -1;
}

@keyframes climbing {
    0% {
        bottom: 1em;
        left: calc(3em - 2 * 1.5em * var(--direction));
        visibility: visible;
    }

    10% {
        bottom: 2em;
        left: calc(3em - 1 * 1.5em * var(--direction));
    }

    20% {
        bottom: 3em;
        left: calc(3em - 0 * 1.5em * var(--direction));
    }

    30% {
        bottom: 4em;
        left: calc(3em + 1 * 1.5em * var(--direction));
    }

    40% {
        bottom: 5em;
        left: calc(3em + 2 * 1.5em * var(--direction));
    }

    50% {
        bottom: 1em;
        left: calc(3em + 2 * 1.5em * var(--direction));
    }

    50%, 100% {
        visibility: hidden;
    }
}

Finally, the anthropomorphic effect is added to the step up action:

@keyframes climbing {
    0% {
        bottom: 1em;
        left: calc(3em - 2 * 1.5em * var(--direction));
        visibility: visible;
    }

    7% {
        bottom: calc(2em + 0.3em);
    }

    10% {
        bottom: 2em;
        left: calc(3em - 1 * 1.5em * var(--direction));
    }

    17% {
        bottom: calc(3em + 0.3em);
    }

    20% {
        bottom: 3em;
        left: calc(3em - 0 * 1.5em * var(--direction));
    }

    27% {
        bottom: calc(4em + 0.3em);
    }

    30% {
        bottom: 4em;
        left: calc(3em + 1 * 1.5em * var(--direction));
    }

    37% {
        bottom: calc(5em + 0.3em);
    }

    40% {
        bottom: 5em;
        left: calc(3em + 2 * 1.5em * var(--direction));
    }

    50% {
        bottom: 1em;
        left: calc(3em + 2 * 1.5em * var(--direction));
    }

    50%, 100% {
        visibility: hidden;
    }
}

be accomplished!

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