Field guide No. 1253

Clear ribbons of water pass over and under each other in a rocky stream, braided like cloth between mossy stones. The current has learned a new trade.

Weaving ribbons in the current

Water with a pattern.

Clear ribbons of water pass over and under each other in a rocky stream, braided like cloth between mossy stones. The current has learned a new trade.

Field noteClear water braided over and under itself between mossy stones. Currents do not weave, though they can loop.

Specimen
No. 1253
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Material
Where it doesn’t exist
Rocky streams, where flow mixes and does not braid
Nearest existing relative
a braided stream channel.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Surreal

Also possible, also breaking material