Field guide No. 1534

A tall waterfall over a dark basalt gorge stops halfway down, leaves a band of empty air, and carries on falling below it. Somebody pressed pause on one stretch.

Air gap

The waterfall skips a step

A tall waterfall over a dark basalt gorge stops halfway down, leaves a band of empty air, and carries on falling below it. Somebody pressed pause on one stretch.

Field noteWaterfalls drop in one unbroken sheet, and this one skips a stretch of air halfway down.

Specimen
No. 1534
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Physics
Where it doesn’t exist
A basalt gorge whose falls have a gap in the middle
Nearest existing relative
A two-tier waterfall
Filed in Fresh slop as
Surreal

Also possible, also breaking physics