Lightning Reflection in Substation Window Niger

Bright daylight falls through scattered acacia leaves, casting dappled shadows across the wet gravel surrounding a steel substation control cabin. A jagged streak of white lightning reflects sharply in the glass pane, against the grey metal frame. Beside the structure, the rusted rungs of a water tower ladder climb vertically into the hazy sky. Thin light fog hangs low over the dry, cracked earth, softening the distant horizon. The scene holds a civic austerity, defined by the utilitarian geometry of the cabin and the weathered texture of the gravel. A sharp, electric white line fractures the dark reflection on the lower right corner of the window.