The photo was made just after sunrise during the recent, intense stormy conditions on the weekend in the last week of winter. It was Sunday morning and I sat on a rock at the top of Rosetta Head looking over Encounter Bay waiting for the clouds to cover the early morning sun.
The north westerly wind on the weekend was gale force. It was gusting around 80-125 kph and the temperatures were 10-15 degrees above normal in South Australia. The wild winds caused a lot of damage in Victoria and extensive flooding along the Derwent River in Tasmania. The latter had been in drought during the autumn and winter of 2024. It appears that the weather is becoming increasingly volatile and turning quickly from one extreme to another.
The object was light not clouds, the sea or a seascape.