Field guide No. 1251

A pane of clear water stands against a cracked red clay bank, upright, with ripples and a few twigs trapped inside it. Gravity has been asked to look elsewhere.

Vertical water on cracked red clay

Water at a very steep angle.

A pane of clear water stands against a cracked red clay bank, upright, with ripples and a few twigs trapped inside it. Gravity has been asked to look elsewhere.

Field noteA pane of still water stands upright against a clay bank. Water will not stand up; the twigs inside are fine with it.

Specimen
No. 1251
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Physics
Where it doesn’t exist
Dry clay banks, where water runs off
Nearest existing relative
a glass pane leaned against a bank.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Surreal

Also possible, also breaking physics