Strange "pillar to heaven" photographed in sky over Thailand

6am Sunday morning. I was around 60 km north of Kanchanaburi (Thailand) waiting for the sunrise over the hills to the east. The first photo it looked like a column and the second it appeared to be breaking up. I’ve posted these photos on Facebook, Discord, X etc but no one has come back to me with a good explanation. Boingboing won’t let me upload photos or include a link so search Twitter for Transum