Field guide No. 762
Velvet curtain splits day and night
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A vast red velvet curtain hangs across a mountain valley, starry night on one side and daylight on the other. The second act is the morning.
Field noteCurtains divide rooms. One big enough for a valley could divide the sky, if night agreed to stay behind it.
Also possible, also breaking scale
Giant golden hinge in the faultBrass hinges are fitted by people with drills. Fitting one this tall would need a ladder of a size no one makes.
Brass trumpet, endless black absenceTrumpet bell feeds a drainpipe-thick black tube that runs off down the platform.
Light dessertLift enough balloons and anything goes up, jelly included. The wobble is a bonus.
A minor adjustmentRead charitably, a stone ball and a good caliper. Read literally, a moon somebody shrank to fit the vice.