Fog

Dense fog formed early this evening.



ABOVE: The Christmas lights glow in the fog. The orange in the background are mercury lights along Highbanks, lighting the entire northern sky a bright orange.

BELOW: A mercury vapor light above the shed sends out multiple rays of light into the fog.



BELOW: Bright light shines from the giant, empty house across from us. This house has been vacant since the start of the economic crisis. It was refurbished in the past few weeks and someone left all the lights on. The lights have been on continuously for about 2 weeks now, shining down upon us from about 25-feet up on the house.



Our winter fogs are generally Radiation Fog. Radiation fog is relatively shallow fog. Radiation fog is also known as ground fog. It is produced near the ground. It is formed by the cooling of land after sunset by thermal (infrared) radiation in calm conditions with a clear sky. The cool ground produces condensation in the nearby air by heat conduction.