Dissipating Waterspout Over Djibouti Bay

Steel-blue ambient light washes the horizon where a waterspout unravels over the bay in Djibouti. Fast-moving cloud bands streak across the upper sky, their undersides darkening against the fading twilight. The water surface reflects the cool tones of the season, rippling gently where the vortex weakens. Dry leaves skitter across the foreground, caught in sudden gusts that stir the air without disturbing the water's calm expanse. The sky transitions from deep indigo to a soft, hazy gray above the distant shoreline. A final column of mist hangs low, its edges blurring into the sea as the vortex loses its form. The wet sand at the water's edge mirrors the fading light in a smooth, dark sheet.