Anvil Cloud Lightning Over Afghan Storm Plain

Hard coastal glare floods a vast, storm-bright plain where an immense anvil cloud dominates the horizon. The cloud's flat, spreading top glows with an internal, electric blue flash that pierces the heavy heat haze. Layers of depth recede from the foreground, where the dry earth shimmers under the intense midday sun. The sky transitions from a pale, washed-out blue near the ground to a brooding, dark grey at the cloud's base. The lightning strike illuminates the turbulent texture of the storm's underside, creating sharp contrasts against the hazy, heat-distorted air. A faint, jagged line of white light cuts through the dense grey mass, revealing the storm's immense scale and power.