It Wasn't Hard

It wasn't hard to figure out where the Sun was going to rise this morning.  That vertical beam showed up about 20 minutes before sunrise and pointed the way.  I can't say that I've ever seen that particular phenomenon so intense. This is about 12 minutes before sunrise.

Monte Sano State Park, Huntsville, Alabama. 

Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR

122mm

F8@1/15th

ISO 400

GND x2

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