Adrian Bryant, Mystical Fire Breathing Monster (LANDSCAPE 2023)

This photo is showing the culmination of a series of photos I took, at first-light, of the sunrise cloud formations over the snow- covered mountains at the Mt. Cook National Park in New Zealand. As the clouds moved and changed shape I was able to capture this extraordinary cloud formation, which to me looks like a "Mystical Fire Breathing Monster" rising up from behind the mountains toward the heavens. I consider myself incredibly fortunate and blessed to have witnessed the splendor of Mother Nature in a moment of her ethereal glory.

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