Bamako Aquarium Bucket Station Evening Light

Cool evening air fills a tiled stair hall in Bamako where an aquarium acclimation station sits under bright overhead pet-shop lighting. Several white buckets line the steps, their contents silhouetted against the harsh glow. The tiled walls reflect the light in sharp, geometric patches. Dramatic clouds press against the high window frames at the far end of the hall, casting deep shadows across the floor. Human figures move in the background, their forms softened by the backlighting as they tend to the tanks. The cool season air is visible in the crisp edges of the tiles and the stillness of the water surfaces. A reflection of the clouds stretches across the wet floor near the base of the stairs.