Field guide No. 656

A clear glass bottle lies melted into a flat, wobbly puddle on sunlit asphalt, with only its neck still standing up straight in the middle. It looks less broken than tired.

Flattened bottle, upright neck

Kept its head while all else spread.

A clear glass bottle lies melted into a flat, wobbly puddle on sunlit asphalt, with only its neck still standing up straight in the middle. It looks less broken than tired.

Field noteGlass flows, slowly, if you wait a few centuries. This bottle waited an afternoon and kept its neck.

Specimen
No. 656
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Material
Where it doesn’t exist
Sunlit asphalt, late in the day.
Nearest existing relative
A glass bottle.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Objects

Also possible, also breaking material