Poured coffee on a paper plate by accident and it looked like a watercolor landscape

I was at my desk last Tuesday morning, half asleep, and set my mug down on a paper plate I had been using for a toast crumb catch. The mug was wet on the bottom and left a big brown ring. Then I moved the mug and the ring had these little rivers running off the edge, pooling into darker spots. It honestly looked like a messy mountain scene with a dark sky. Has anyone else tossed something in the trash and caught it looking like art right before it hit the bottom?

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the_kevin1mo ago

Honestly, @rosek73 is spot on about that ketchup sunset thing.

rosek731mo ago

You mentioned "messy mountain scene with a dark sky" and that's exactly what I saw when I accidentally dropped a ketchup packet on a napkin once. The squirt formed this weird sunset blob with little orange streaks that looked like clouds, and I actually kept it on my desk for a day before someone threw it out. It's wild how our brains want to find landscapes in random coffee stains and sauce splatters.