Some days you need a bit of luck and patience. Visiting Lake Wakatipu outside of Queenstown, we had hoped to get a glorious sunset scene. Arriving early, we were subject to lots of low hanging clouds that covered the mountain peaks. As we waited, the sun peaked through a few gaps, creating very small slits of light at the base of the mountains, and then faded away. It became clear that a grand sunset was not to be. If I was by myself, I probably would have left to catch an early dinner (patience is not a trait that I possess). Fortunately, there were some optimists with me and they were set to stay. Then this happened. A small slit opened up in the clouds, causing the top of this mountain peak to look like a fire had started. It sort of looked like lava flowing, and the low hanging clouds acted as smoke. As soon as I captured this photo, I knew I had a keeper.