Watching the sun as it rises behind East Mitten Butte is an experience in Monument Valley. If you time it just right, you can catch the sun perched precisely atop the thumb. That was not going to happen on this morning with bands of thick clouds directly behind the butte. As luck would have it, though, the sun escaped the clouds briefly as it passed behind the mitten’s thumb and peeked out from either side, creating a double starburst.
Impressive!