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Steel Giants Floating on a Blanket of Fog
Tall spires rise with the first rays of the sun over a blanket of white, carefully poking through a dense cloud cover. Surreal? Yes. Photoshopped? Never. Just the incredible interplay of fog, skyscrapers and sunlight that seems to play tricks with our eyes. Some cities like Dubai, Vancouver and San Francisco just have all the ingredients for stunning fogfloater pics.
Continue reading...Bridges Devoured by Cloud
Thursday, January 7, 2010
The sight of bridges devoured by fog and apparently floating in the air evokes all kinds of fantastic associations – magic, faraway lands and fairytale bridges in the sky to name a few. Even so, a certain ominous quality also pervades such scenes. If bridges represent humankind’s capacity to cross natural divides like rivers, bays and valleys, masses of cloud at ground level can be a serious visibility hazard – showing that we don’t always have it our own way on this planet.
Continue reading...Environmentalism in 1880
Thursday, March 6, 2008
As the environmental movement looks towards the future, it can sometimes forget its past. London’s fogs are famous, but they’ve also been deadly. Image by Myk Reeve This series is an attempt to provide a bit of perspective on how the environmental movement got to where it is today. [...]
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
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