Field guide No. 141

A red paper lantern glows deep in the sea above a coral reef, schools of fish circling its tassel.

The lantern reef

Festival, underwater.

A red paper lantern glows deep in the sea above a coral reef, schools of fish circling its tassel.

Field notePaper and flame both quit at the surface. This lantern did not hear.

Specimen
No. 141
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Where it doesn’t exist
A coral reef at depth, festival night.
Nearest existing relative
A paper lantern.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Surreal

Also possible, also breaking physics