Rocks amongst clouds (2010)
Photography

This photograph shows a stalagmite rock formation in the midst of a sea of clouds, framed by the leaves of a pine tree on the right. It was taken at Monkey’s Peak in Mount Huangshan, China, in the early morning about an hour after sunrise.

Due to the timing that the photograph was taken, there is still a bluish tinge to the whole scene, which is actually the effect of light of the half-risen sun. The clouds are floating between the valleys of the rock formations in the distance, and appear to be like a ‘sea’ of clouds. On the large rock on the extreme left, the rock formation on top of it appears to be that of a monkey gazing down at the sea of clouds beneath it, which gives rise to the name of the peak this photograph was taken from.