A colour photo of a beach with a mountain beyond. The sky is clear cyan but the top of the mountain and some of the upper slopes are completely obscured by clouds, with only a few points jutting through. At ground level below the mountain is a long black beach, there are a few buildings there. From the foot of the mountains to the viewer is a curve of white-topped waves, foam at the leading edges is being lit by low sunlight from the left. Where the waves have retreated, the black sand is wet and dense. A single photographer is standing there behind a tripod.