As is true with most of the mornings in Colorado, there wasn’t much in the way in clouds when I was out at sunrise this day. I setup at a large beaver pond next to the Slate River outside of Crested Butte and watched what few there were move around in the predawn light. As the sun started to reach over the mountains to the east, this cloud began to build above Augusta Mountain. I switched my position to frame it reflected in the calm waters on the pond. Shortly after I got this shot, the beaver came out and entertained me for an hour and a half. Good thing he didn’t get up any earlier or else a reflection shot would have been out of the question!