Upward view of a heavy cumulonimbus cloud mass above Manchester city centre, with the Arndale tower and mixed-use glass buildings visible at the base of the frame. A street lamp crosses the upper left corner.

Storm Clouds Over Manchester City Centre

5 October 2019 · Manchester

A cumulonimbus mass fills three-quarters of the frame above Manchester's Arndale tower and the surrounding city centre roofline. The sky is the architecture here — dark, churning cloud stacked against pale breaks of light, with the brutalist concrete and glass below holding the composition to the ground. Storm clouds build their own geometry; the city beneath them is simply scale.

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