Field guide No. 701

Over a dry, cracked desert three columns of rain come down from a dark cloud, each one tied in a neat knot halfway to the ground. The desert is still waiting for most of it.

Rain knots over a barren desert

The forecast got tangled.

Over a dry, cracked desert three columns of rain come down from a dark cloud, each one tied in a neat knot halfway to the ground. The desert is still waiting for most of it.

Field noteRainfall tied like rope, three times over. The water below the knots gets through all the same.

Specimen
No. 701
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Physics
Where it doesn’t exist
A dry desert plain under a heavy cloud.
Nearest existing relative
A rain shower.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Surreal

Also possible, also breaking physics