Where the Ares Estuary widens toward the open Atlantic, the Miranda Islands sit low against the water, all but disappearing into shadow as the sky above ignites. Cloud banks stack in tiers over the estuary, catching the last colour of the day and turning a modest stretch of Galician coastline into something closer to spectacle. Quick facts Photographer: Sapiens Verbum (Pablo Avanzini) Subject: Miranda Islands beneath a dramatic evening sky Location: Miranda Islands, Ares Estuary, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain Medium: Photograph - Colour Series: Galicia Landscapes Dramatic sky over the Miranda Islands at the mouth of the Ares Estuary, Galicia, Spain. Photograph by Sapiens Verbum (Pablo Avanzini). The photograph turns on a simple contrast: a sky doing all the work of colour and movement, set against water and land that stay almost perfectly still. Most of the frame belongs to cloud — layered, lit from below, shifting through amber and rose — while the islands and the estuary beneat...