Monument Valley

A photorealistic image of a single lightning bolt with arms and branches crossing the sky in Monument Valley. The bolt illuminates the midnight sky, highlighting the iconic red sandstone buttes and mesas in the distance. The sky is a much darker, deep shade of midnight blue, reduced by 70%, with stars faintly visible between the clouds. The lightning bolt is sharp and detailed, with tendrils spreading out like branches across the sky. The landscape below is bathed in the eerie, bluish light of the lightning, with enhanced, vivid reds and oranges of the desert formations, emphasizing the striking, rugged beauty of Monument Valley.