Trench Plates and Tools on Botswana Scaffold at Dawn

Wet, dark gray trench plates stack in a precarious tower against a rusted steel scaffold rising along a building facade in Botswana. The ground beneath is slick with rainwater reflecting the first pale orange rays of sunrise breaking through clearing storm clouds. Scattered around the base are heavy-duty wrenches, yellow safety harnesses, and stacks of waterproof paperwork lying flat on the mud. The converging lines of the scaffold rails draw toward a vanishing point high in the gray sky. Water droplets rest on the metal edges of the plates, catching the low light, while the wet pavement glistens under the emerging sun.