Aquarium Bucket Station Under Sodium Dusk

Bright pet-shop lights reflect off water surfaces in plastic acclimation buckets arranged along a low concrete ledge inside a skylit passageway in Johor Bahru. The cool season air hangs heavy with a light drizzle visible against the deep blue twilight sky outside. Sodium-vapor glow casts an orange haze over the wet floor tiles and the determined posture of a worker adjusting the bucket levels. Raindrops streak the glass skylight above, blurring the city lights beyond. The worker's hands grip the rim of a clear bucket, fingers pressing against the plastic to stabilize the water. One reflection of the orange streetlamp shimmers on the rippling surface of the water inside the nearest bucket.