Field guide No. 1247
Upside down salamander beneath the puddle
Standing on the surface, from below.
An orange salamander with dark spots clings to the underside of the water surface in a clear pool above a gravel and leaf bed. The sky is visible through it, which suits it.
Field noteAn orange salamander clings under the water surface. Surface tension is strong, not that strong; the story holds up.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Black flames in the snowFire is mostly light. Black flames with no glow are fire with the main feature taken out.
Dry riverbed climbs the canyon wallA channel climbs stone against gravity. Its geography is strange, not self-contradictory.
Flame shaped heat distortion among mushroomsSmoky flame shapes rise over pale mushrooms in cold soil. A heat haze with no heat to speak of.
Separation anxietyPuddles hold their inks mixed; this one stood each plate up as a wall and kept the black for itself.
