Field guide No. 505

In a brick hearth, a shallow glass bowl of clear blue water rests on the tips of the flames of a log fire, with nothing else holding it up. It hasn’t boiled and doesn’t intend to.

Blue water, held by fire

Simmer gently, forever.

In a brick hearth, a shallow glass bowl of clear blue water rests on the tips of the flames of a log fire, with nothing else holding it up. It hasn’t boiled and doesn’t intend to.

Field noteFlames push up only heat. These hold up a bowl of water without boiling it or being put out.

Specimen
No. 505
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Physics
Where it doesn’t exist
A brick hearth.
Nearest existing relative
A log fire.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Objects

Also possible, also breaking physics