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November 29, 2008
Fog or Mist?
On Friday the Met. Office forecast said Saturday would be foggy until 15:00hrs., then misty. This needed clarification.
Fog [fog, fôg] n. a cloud like aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth’s surface limiting visibility to less than 1 km.
Mist [mist] n. a cloud like aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth’s surface limiting visibility to more than 1 km.
Here at the Bankfield Bureau of Scientific Investigation I find this kind of opportunity impossible to ignore. So rising late and enjoying a leisurely breakfast I went out into a crisp, still frozen, afternoon and groped my way through the aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere to the Large Field at the back of the mill.
Hammering a post in the hard ground at the edge of the field I strode out boldly until I’d measured one kilometre. I turned, peered into the fog and indeed couldn’t see the first wooden post. I consulted the watch, it was 14:37.
I waited.
And while I waited I took a few photographs.
Emley Moor television and radio signal relay tower
Farnley Tyas from Castle Hill
the trees you can see in the middle of the mist in the previous photograph...
Then, imagine my delight, as the watch crept to 15:00hrs the far post slowly came into view as the fog became mist. [honest]
Posted by john at November 29, 2008 10:10 PM
Comments
We're all enjoying your misty and foggy photos under the clear blue skies of Florida - it seems half a world away here, perhaps because it is!
Posted by: Daphne at November 30, 2008 03:51 AM