This sunrise at Oconaluftee Overlook in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the most beautiful I have ever witnessed, though it certainly didn't start out that way.

When I arrived at the overlook, the sky seemed quite densely 'fogged in'. It didn't appear likely that I would be able to make any interesting photographs from the location, but it was too late to move on and so I 'stuck it out' with hopes that perhaps the fog would at least partially lift as the sun came up. What developed was unexpected and exhilarating. Over the next few minutes, a little sliver of clearing continued to open and I was treated to a truly moving experience. The cloud cover was such that there were a number of "God Rays" that emerged and, one by one, they swept and danced rhythmically along one side of the mountain, down into the valley, and back up the other side in a spectacle that was akin to a laser light show, only better!

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