Salt-Crusted Flood Barrier Under Lisbon Bridge in under a cable-stayed bridge span near Lisbon

Salt-Crusted Flood Barrier Under Lisbon Bridge

by Peter Kelley

Golden light spills across the weathered concrete face of a massive flood barrier, revealing thick white streaks of sea salt where driving rain has recently washed over the surface. The wall rises heavily beneath the sweeping steel cables of a cable-stayed bridge near Lisbon, its texture rough and pitted by years of Atlantic exposure. Haze softens the distant horizon where the Tagus River meets the sky, blending the water into a muted silver-gray. Raindrops rest on the wet stone, catching the low sun in fleeting sparks of amber. Above, the bridge’s steel towers anchor the structure against the darkening blue, while the barrier’s immense scale dominates the foreground. at the edge is a rivulet of water sliding down the concrete edge, tracing a dark path through the crystalline salt deposits.

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Camera Nikon D500*AI-imagined, not shot. For real Nikon D500 photos, grab one online.
Focal Length 141mm
Aperture f/2.8
Shutter Speed 1/250
ISO 6400
Film processed in Lightroom
Location under a cable-stayed bridge span near Lisbon
Date 2023-07-07
Credit VEETER
Coordinates 38.7714, -9.1942
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