Storm Clouds Over Manchester City Centre

5 October 2019 · Manchester

A mass of dark storm cloud rolls over Manchester city centre, framed from below by the Arndale Tower on the left and a scatter of commercial rooftops along the bottom. The upward angle gives the cloud formation the scale it deserves — the buildings are witnesses, not subjects. Heavy overcast and a pale outer sky bracket the darkness at the centre, pulling the eye into the churn. Manchester's sky does not perform; it simply arrives.