Field guide No. 881
Lightning snagged in a dead branch
The branch caught a bolt
A lightning strike threads through the fork of a dead tree under a violet storm sky. The tree has held on to the weather.
Field noteA lightning bolt catches on a forked dead branch. The tree has kept hold of the storm.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Fallen feather over a sunken poolTiles stretch down into a dark funnel, one white feather drifting near the rim.
Escaping grooves on plasterGrooves are just shaped vinyl; lifting off makes them loose shaped vinyl. Odd, consistent.
Black eclipses over a sunflowerSunflower seeds should be small, striped and edible. These fly off as tiny eclipses, each with its own ring of light.
Late for the carboniferousA fern fossil lies across a broken slab. Its appointment is several million years late.