Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Fog

Fog is a cloud bank that is in contact with the ground. Fog is usually the only clouds that touch the ground and it only differs slightly from other clouds in that it touches the surface of the Earth. The same cloud that is not fog on lower ground may be fog where it contacts higher ground such as hilltops or mountain ridges. Fog is distinct from mist only in its density. Fog is defined as a cloud which reduces visibility to less than 1 km, whereas mist is that which reduces visibility to more than 2 km.
So on my way to work this morning around 12:20am it was incredibly foggy. The visibility was extremely low to the point where you did not see road signs till you were up on them. It was freaky. At the same time it fascinated me. The whole time I was thinking "Wow I'm driving in a cloud right now." I don't know the child in me is fascinated by things like this, the fact you are in a cloud, just, I don't know I think its cool. I went outside of the building I work in at appox 3:20am and took a picture of some of the downtown norfolk skyline:



And here it is again an hour later:



Where did the fog go? I wish I could have seen go up or something, that would have been cool, oh well.

fog info from the always reliable wiki f baby

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