Amber Vials in Fossil Prep Lab Near Eldoret

Soft overcast light from a high window cuts through the dusty air of a fossil preparation workshop, illuminating a laboratory bench streaked with purple marker ink. A plastic rack holds rows of amber glass vials, their surfaces catching the diffused glow. Beside them sits a white tray containing labeled pipettes arranged in neat rows. Fine particles of dried sediment float in the shafts of light, suspended above the work surface. The shallow depth of field blurs the background, keeping focus on the textured plastic of the rack and the warm translucence of the glass. A faint shadow from the pipette tray stretches across the scratched benchtop, at the base of the equipment in this active scientific space near Eldoret.