Field guide No. 1625
Soft landing
It came down on the sharp bits
A soap bubble rests on dark broken rocks with two stones poking clean through it, and a misty lake and hills inside. It landed badly and is fine.
Field noteSoap films pop at a touch, yet two shards of rock pass through this one and it holds.
Also possible, also breaking material
Stone inside a cracked eggA speckled granite stone sits in the clear white. Breakfast has become a geology question.
Salt of the earthSteel corrodes slowly under salt; this basin skipped the decades and started whirlpooling round the heap.
Pillow-soft brickFired clay doesn’t dent under a head, as several heads can attest. Logically, it’s allowed to.
Chalk scuffed cloud between alpine cliffsClouds are mist and pass through anything. This one has rubbed the cliffs on its way through and left white marks.