Field guide No. 665
Golden goldfish in a crimson basin
Bright enough to read by.
In a dark room a single goldfish glows in a deep red basin, and the light coming off it spills over the rim in a golden net across the black floor. It is the only one of its kind that has lived up to the name.
Field noteSome deep-sea fish make light. A pet goldfish lighting a whole dark room from its bowl has not been seen to.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Flame shaped heat distortion among mushroomsSmoky flame shapes rise over pale mushrooms in cold soil. A heat haze with no heat to speak of.
Red dust footprints on blue iceFootprints in red dust are ordinary. Up a vertical glacier, barefoot, they are only gravity’s problem.
Against the grain: tangled badlands strataRock does fold under pressure, though rarely into a tangle with tidy layers above and below it.
Comet tail snagged on antennaA tail caught on an antenna is gravity behaving badly. The skywide snag is otherwise coherent.
