Well done, Ian – getting up early and doing the photography bit in
the fog. I wish I had just got on with it instead of finding excuses
to do something else like Christmas shopping etc ...
Most of the photos on the BBC website were good. The one from the
aircraft was a bit naff, but it showed the phenomenon that caused the
fog: the stability in the air mass demonstrated by the complete
flatness of the cloud from above.
Chris
On 22 Dec 2006, at 11:47, Ian Nichols wrote:
> Got up ridiculously early (5 am) this morning, having decided it was
> pointless trying to go back to sleep for 1 1/2 hours until I'd planned
> to get up, in time to go take pictures around sunrise if it was foggy.
> As it happens it was foggy, but more of a blanket than a carpet - I'd
> hoped to be able to get above it and see tall things sticking out of
> the top. Never mind.
>
> So, setting out at the time I normally stagger out of bed, I spent the
> best part of an hour wandering around Brandon Hill with camera and
> tripod. Shame the tower wasn't open. The pick of the results should
> appear at:
>
> <http://ian955.fotopic.net>
>
> later today. E-300, ZD14-54, and Sigma 30 f1.4
>
> I remain deeply envious of the man who caught this:
>
> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6200209.stm>
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