Rex Trulove
Again, the same spot and angle, but six days after the last picture and nine days after the first one. The air is crystal-clear, but none of the valley or the lake can be seen due to dense clouds that are blanketing it. The storm has already gone through and what you are looking at is actually extremely dense ice-fog, rather than storm clouds.
This fog is caused by the fact that the ground is much warmer than the air. Soil doesn’t give up its heat easily. Because of that, the air temperature is not only much colder than the ground, it is actually quite a bit below freezing. The air is still full of moisture, though, so it produces fog, but the fog freezes on anything it touches.
Still, this is a rather cool picture, isn’t it? Someone has been walking around, admiring the view, too.
Another awesome photo, I wish I was there…
The hard part is getting up there this time of year.
The fog makes this one so very cool.
I agree. Especially when a person knows what the valley really looks like.