Nacreous Cloud Over Connecticut Silos

Iridescent mother-of-pearl clouds drift low above a flat Connecticut plain, their shifting pinks and greens reflecting off a distant sheet of water. Behind this weather formation, tall grain silos stand in a rigid row, their metal surfaces catching the late afternoon sun. Dust hangs suspended in the air, creating a hazy layer between the ground and the sky. The composition cuts diagonally across the frame, leading the eye from the dark foreground soil up toward the luminous cloud bank. The dry season leaves the grasses brown and brittle, against the soft, fluid texture of the cloud. A sharp shadow falls across the base of the nearest silo, at the base of the ethereal light in the heavy, dusty earth.