Field guide No. 1643
Wake up
It left a wake on dry land.
A rowboat sits stranded on cracked dry mud. Behind it trails a wake made of barnacles and mussels.
Field noteBarnacles and mussels heaped in a V behind a beached rowboat, its wake set hard in shell.
Also possible, also breaking physics
Hay bale with a hollow middleHay is pressed tight and tears when pulled, but these straws stretch across the gap like taffy.
Paper moths in the archiveFolded paper flying unaided is aerodynamics’ concern. Moths in drawers are a museum staple.
Impossible cubic pearl in oysterPearls grow round because nacre goes on in layers. This oyster layered one with corners.
Velvet eclipseA dark sphere blocks the sun above a roof, held by a thin line. The skyline gained a private eclipse.