Solar pillar, pre-sunrise

Solar pillar(1): see the Sun, there? No you don't. This photo was taken 4 minutes *before* sunrise and 10 minutes before the sun first peeped over the hills.

1/40 +/- 2 stops HDR • f/8 • 35 mm • ISO 100
Canon EOS 6D
EF35mm f/1.4L II USM

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