Fresh Concrete Tunnel Portal Ethiopia Morning

Pale morning light washes over a rough retaining wall at the mouth of a tunnel beneath massive transmission towers. The concrete patch is a distinct, lighter gray against the weathered, darker stone of the original structure, showing fresh texture and visible trowel marks. Above, the steel lattice of the towers rises into a cloudless, pale blue sky. The dry season leaves the ground hard and dusty, with sparse, brown scrub grass clinging to the rocky slope. Shadows are soft and diffused, lacking sharp edges, suggesting an overcast veil or the very early hour. The composition places the curved tunnel opening off-center, showing the scale of the infrastructure against the vast, open horizon. A fine line of dust settles on the fresh mortar near the base.