Field guide No. 1311
Hinged boulder across a quarry fissure
Folds out for easy crossing
A quarried block lies across a crack in the floor, its stone pleated like a paper fan. Someone has finally made rock that packs flat.
Field noteQuarried block pleated like a paper fan to straddle the crack below it.
Also possible, also breaking material
Paper thin frog on a mossy boulderA flat green frog lies across mossy stone. It has made itself the landscape.
Crimson velvet in an open oysterOyster shell holds a lining of crushed red velvet in place of oyster.
The ribbon quarryQuarries cut rock into terraces. Cutting satin the same way is waste, but legal waste.
Clouds pressed into a coral towelTowels pick up sand, not weather. This one has whole clouds raised in its terry.