Field guide No. 462

In a sunny plaza of pale curving buildings, street lamps shine tall black cones of starry night down onto the paving, one over a bench. Each lamp hands out a bit of dark.

Municipal shade in a sunlit plaza

Shade, provided by the council.

In a sunny plaza of pale curving buildings, street lamps shine tall black cones of starry night down onto the paving, one over a bench. Each lamp hands out a bit of dark.

Field noteStreet lamps are there to get rid of the night. These dispense it in cones, for anyone who wants a sit.

Specimen
No. 462
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Physics
Where it doesn’t exist
A pale seaside plaza at noon.
Nearest existing relative
A street lamp.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Spaces

Also possible, also breaking physics