The Raleigh area had dense low clouds this morning, so here's yet another shot from my archive, this from January 24, 2007. The cloud cover that morning was high, and a gap beyond the horizon allowed the sun's pre-sunrise rays to illuminate them from below, creating this very unusual look.

magnificient alantan1982 · 2008-08-16: 12:54

This is electrifying! meiling · 2008-08-17: 08:17

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