Jungle

Field guide No. 1549

A lamp-lit road tunnel with a sunset lake at the far end and a black spill on the floor that reflects none of the lights. The light at the end is fine; it is the middle that worries.

Dark matter

A puddle with no bottom showing

A lamp-lit road tunnel with a sunset lake at the far end and a black spill on the floor that reflects none of the lights. The light at the end is fine; it is the middle that worries.

Field noteWet tarmac in a lit tunnel shines; this spill swallows every lamp and gives nothing back.

Specimen
No. 1549
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Physics
Where it doesn’t exist
A road tunnel floor with a hole poured into it
Nearest existing relative
An oil spill
Filed in Fresh slop as
Surreal

Also possible, also breaking physics