Rajasthan Alluvial Fan After Rain

Steel-blue evening light washes over a sprawling alluvial fan spreading from a narrow mountain canyon onto a flat floodplain in Rajasthan. Dry season dust coats the loose gravel and silt in shades of ochre and rust, against the dark, wet streaks left by recent rain. Heat haze shimmers above the ground, distorting the horizon line where the fan meets the plain. The landscape stretches across the frame, divided by the rule of thirds, with the fan's textured slope occupying the left third. Fine sand grains glisten slightly on the surface, catching the fading light. One shadow from a distant scrub bush falls sharply across the smooth sediment near the foreground edge.