Incense Smoke in Soroti Nave Monsoon Light

Pale blue-grey smoke ribbons rise from thin incense sticks clustered on a wooden altar in the center of a Soroti church nave. Broad skylight floods the space, bouncing off high, pale walls to create a soft, even illumination. The late morning light meets the deep shadows where lamplight settles in the corners. Outside the high windows, the heavy grey of monsoon clouds diffuses the sun. Dust motes hang suspended in the beams above the altar. The smoke trails drift in perfect vertical symmetry, curving slightly as they meet the still air. The texture of the rough-hewn wood contrasts with the ethereal flow of the smoke. A faint shadow of a pillar stretches across the floorboards near the edge of the frame.