Field guide No. 1077

A two-lane road crosses a pink salt flat and rolls up at its far end like a carpet. Traffic is advised to take the long way, which is now the only way.

Asphalt spiral through pink salt

The road curls up when it gets bored.

A two-lane road crosses a pink salt flat and rolls up at its far end like a carpet. Traffic is advised to take the long way, which is now the only way.

Field noteA two-lane road rolls up like a carpet at the end of a salt flat. Traffic may only go the long way.

Specimen
No. 1077
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Physics
Where it doesn’t exist
A pink salt flat.
Nearest existing relative
A rolled-up rug.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Surreal

Also possible, also breaking physics