Field guide No. 1058
Unzipped orbit
A spring uncoils into a line
A blue metal coil stretches across a pale surface between two rounded ends. The mechanism has forgotten how to close.
Field noteA blue coil stretches between two rounded ends. The mechanism forgot how to close.
Also possible, also breaking category
Breathing accordion cliffRock folds over aeons, not every few seconds. A sea cliff working like bellows has the wrong job.
Reversed balconies at blue hourBalconies scooped into the building rather than out. An architect could, and here one did.
Leaves facing the empty stageAutumn leaves occupy the stalls; doors are open and the house is full, only nothing is on.
Duckweed capped iceberg on tidal mudflatsIcebergs strand on shores, but duckweed needs warm still water and this one has grown a lawn on the ice.