Fractal Lightning Over Winter Thunderheads

Hard coastal glare illuminates a jagged network of white lightning branching across a deep gray sky. Below, stacked thunderheads rise in dense, layered formations over the flat horizon of Haryana. The winter season leaves the air clear but thick with a shimmering heat haze that distorts the lower cloud bases. A diagonal slash of electricity cuts from the upper left toward the center, creating sharp tension against the horizontal mass of the storm. The clouds appear heavy and textured, their tops bleached white by the intense midday sun while their undersides sink into shadow. Fine details of the lightning's fractal edges glow brightly against the darker storm backdrop. A faint rainbow halo appears on the far right edge of the frame where the light hits the moisture in the air.