Field guide No. 504
Aurora spilling from a freight container
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On a snowy plain at night, the northern lights pour out through the doors of a rusty shipping container and up across the whole sky. Somebody will have to sign for this.
Field noteShipping containers carry goods, never weather. One has come open and the northern lights are getting out.
Also possible, also breaking physics
The lantern reefPaper and flame both quit at the surface. This lantern did not hear.
Paper moths in the archiveFolded paper flying unaided is aerodynamics’ concern. Moths in drawers are a museum staple.
The magnetic hedgehogSpines aren’t iron. Pulling washers into field lines takes a magnet the hedgehog isn’t.
Aurora beneath the kelp forestAuroras belong to the upper sky. These curtains are hanging between the kelp, a long way below the waterline.
