Morning Fog
On Friday, after I dropped off Max at his dog-sitter in the Richmond district, I was driving to my office in Daly City. However, on this morning, crossing Golden Gate Park was challenging. So, I decided to take an alternative route along the ocean. Later, I learned that traffic was due to the “Outside Lands” Music Festival, which took place over three days in Golden Gate Park. As I drove closer and closer to the ocean, the fog grew thicker and thicker, and I could barely see the cars ahead of me.
San Francisco has sometimes been called the “Fog City”. There is a meteorological reason for this phenomenon. Online I learned that the reason for this is that the Northern California climate gets very hot, especially in the summer, and creates a low-pressure zone. San Francisco on the other hand, is surrounded by water on three sides. The hot air rises, creating a vacuum for the cold, high-pressure, moisture-filled ocean air to rush in – hence, the fog. Another type, tule fog, can occur during the winter. Sometimes both types occur simultaneously.
As a photographer, I like the fog. It always creates beautiful unexpected light. I stopped to take these three images that day.
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