Geologist washing garnet sand evening blue light

Indigo evening light washes over a geologist standing beside dark, jagged rocks in Gurgaon. The person tilts a shallow sample pan, swirling water that carries bright red garnet grains away from the black stones. Salt wind ripples the surface of the water in the pan and pushes against the exposed equipment nearby. Late spring air leaves the surrounding vegetation sparse and dry. The wet stones gleam under the fading sky while the red sand settles in a thin layer at the bottom of the swirling mixture. one drop of water slides off the rim of the pan onto the dry ground below.