Field guide No. 813
Shadow-tethered goat on slate
A shadow on a short lead.
A white mountain goat stands on a steep slate ridge, its dark shadow drawn tight against the rock. The view has shortened the afternoon.
Field noteA shadow can fall close to its owner. This one has been kept on a short lead by the sun.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Gravity defying wall of fallen leavesLeaf litter piled into a hedge-high wall with sheer sides and no frame.
Sardines above the drained poolFish breathing air is a biology problem. The pool, at least, is accurately empty.
Candlelit jellyfish in the deepCandles need air. This one burns underwater inside a jellyfish’s bell, and the jellyfish seems glad of it.
Misregistered atlantic shoreRed and blue shorelines double around a rocky coast. The tide misaligned its copy.