Field guide No. 1631

A waterfall drops into a rocky gorge in sharp focus, while the cliffs and pines around it streak downward in a blur. The landscape is falling and the waterfall is staying put.

Still falling

Only the water holds still

A waterfall drops into a rocky gorge in sharp focus, while the cliffs and pines around it streak downward in a blur. The landscape is falling and the waterfall is staying put.

Field noteWaterfall stays crisp while cliffs and pines streak downward all around it.

Specimen
No. 1631
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Physics
Where it doesn’t exist
A wooded gorge under grey cloud.
Nearest existing relative
A long-exposure photograph.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Surreal

Also possible, also breaking physics