Worn Salt Block Station Cattle Nagaland Stockyard

Gray concrete loading ramp edges define the foreground where a rectangular salt block sits embedded in churned earth. Deep, irregular depressions mark the surface of the white mineral block, evidence of repeated licking by cattle hooves and tongues. The surrounding ground is a mix of packed red clay and sparse, brown autumn grasses that have been trampled flat. Heavy, uniform gray clouds fill the sky above, diffusing the midday light into a flat, shadowless glow. Rust stains streak the metal gate hinges to the right, against the pale mineral dust coating the base of the block. One hoof print remains filled with fine white powder near the ramp's edge.