Field guide No. 581
Red fingerprint across the moon
Somebody touched it.
On the grey surface of the moon under a black sky, a huge red fingerprint is pressed into the dust in ridges of rust-coloured soil. It will be there for a very long time.
Field noteFingerprints are smaller than a thumb. This one is pressed across a stretch of the moon in red dust.
Also possible, also breaking scale
Whisk rescueKitchen whisks beat eggs. This giant one carries a lifeboat crew through heavy surf.
Oversized black spores in autumn leavesA huge cracked puffball spills sooty spheres across leaf litter; puffballs, with a long reach.
Growing proseFlower beds take root in any trough. Tiny gardeners are a model-railway habit.
Night shift at the staplerDiners already come shaped like coffee pots and hot dogs. A stapler was only a matter of time.