Field guide No. 500
Air bridges a broken piano string
Still in tune, technically.
Inside a piano, the two snapped ends of a string are joined by a wavy thread of air, still vibrating. The note carries on as if nothing happened.
Field noteA snapped string goes slack. Here the air has taken up the gap and kept the tension, which air has never had.
Also possible, also breaking material
Velvet waterfall in an empty theatreFabric doesn’t fall like water, but a lot of fabric falling is merely expensive.
Sugar cube ant escapeAnts carry sugar off grain by grain. Ants made of sugar are a different arrangement.
Where the fox wasStone takes prints only over ages. This one took a fox’s nap in detail and kept it.
Foxfire lodgeGlassblowers make foxes and modellers make cabins. Here they have collaborated, and lit it.