On December 31, 2015, sunrise occurred at 7:18 AM over the Flagler Beach fishing pier. I took a series of 48 images of the pier between 6:33 AM and 8:02 AM. Of those, I took 12 images between 6:53 AM and 7:17 AM. The two images taken at 6:53 AM and at 7:17 AM had a typical blue cast. Beginning at 6:53 AM, the entire scene began to develop the pink glow manifest in the image. The image was taken at 7:02 AM — 16 minutes before sunrise. The bright pink/orange cast of the scene lasted only about 3 to 5 minutes. The whole light show was over by 7:17 AM when the scene returned to the more typical blue cast. During these rare atmospheric conditions, the sunlight before sunrise shoots directly up to the cloud-deck above the scene, interacts with various cloud and fog layers, and is reflected down to Earth. The bright pink or red cast in these rare situations is due to the lengthy trajectory of the sun’s rays through the cool (and consequently more dense), morning, suspended, atmospheric particulates. Canon 5D Mark 3, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM, ISO 100, 2.5 sec, f/18, -1 EC, 24mm, B+W polarizer, Feisol CT-3372 tripod and CB-70D ball head. Tom Carroll