Muddy Floodwater Swirls Bridge Pier Base Night in beside a bridge pier above moving water in Tanzania

Muddy Floodwater Swirls Bridge Pier Base Night

by Angelina Clarke

Amber sodium-vapor light spills across the churning, sediment-heavy water at the base of a massive concrete bridge pier. The river, swollen and opaque with red-brown silt, rotates in tight, violent eddies against the smooth, vertical face of the structure. Droplets of a fine drizzle ripple the surface, creating concentric rings that distort the reflection of the overhead steel truss. The water level reaches high up the concrete, submerging the lower foundation details. From above, the dark steel beams of the bridge deck frame the top of the view, while the swirling mud forms a chaotic, dark halo around the pier's square footprint. A sharp shadow of the truss cuts across the turbulent flow, showing the engineered geometry against the raw motion of the flood.

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Camera Voigtlander Bessa R*AI-imagined, not shot. For real Voigtlander Bessa R photos, grab one online.
Focal Length 75mm
Aperture f/2
Shutter Speed 1/1000
ISO 400
Film Fuji Superia 400 everyday tones
Location beside a bridge pier above moving water in Tanzania
Date 2015-10-24
Credit VEETER
Coordinates -6.4169, 34.8166
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