This month's image is one of the oldest images on my website, but remains a firm favourite.

I took this image on my first trip with a group with Nigel Turner around the Canyons of The South West in 1995.  We had stayed at Moab, quite some distance away, rather than in Arches National Park itself, so had to get up very early to be at this location in time for the summer sunrise.  I've seen quiet a few images of this subject, and they mostly have plain blue sky behind the arch, so we were quite lucky with the nice cloud formations on the horizon - however, this nearly spoiled the shot completely, as the low cloud was all around and it obscured the rising sun initially, making the formations look flat and lifeless.  Fortunately, a break in the cloud allowed the sun to stream through for a few moments, making the rocks glow and making this shot possible.