Field guide No. 599
The nail that unrusts
Rust, flaking off backward in time.
On a concrete floor, a rusted nail sheds its orange flakes from the head down to a bright, new steel point. It is getting younger as you watch.
Field noteRust creeps on and never back. On this nail it flakes off to leave bright new steel.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Meteorite in the trampoline wellThe mat is pulled into a deep funnel around a dark rock, so the bounce has been postponed for good.
Light breakfastLogically sound. Clouds simply don’t toast, which is physics’ problem, not logic’s.
Municipal shade in a sunlit plazaStreet lamps are there to get rid of the night. These dispense it in cones, for anyone who wants a sit.
Stone rain birthing cloudsStone can fall and dust can rise. The clouds are forming at the end of each drop.