Silhouetted Customs House Ruin Above Tide Flats

Late summer sun sinks low behind the jagged outline of a forsaken customs house near Turin, casting the structure into a stark, dark silhouette against the brightening sky. Below, a tide-flat of broken wooden pilings rises from the muddy ground, their weathered surfaces catching the fading golden light. Drifting dust particles glow within vertical shafts of sunlight that pierce the haze, illuminating the empty archways and crumbling masonry of the building. The horizon line sits low, showing the verticality of the ruined walls against the expansive sky. Fine grains of sediment rest on the dark timber of the pilings, while the last rays of daylight trace the rough, eroded edge of the roofline.