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Breakfast run, in the fog

Around here, a foggy morning is sort of a treat. I had my camera with me because I had plans to get some photos along the route to work. This one wasn’t in the original plan, and I saw it at the very last minute before the light changed and traffic started to move. In fact, there wasn’t even enough time to roll down the window, which explains some of the odd, ghosty things in the image. At least, I think that explains them…

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.16.2017

Fog, turbines, and sunlight

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This was a stunning sight. For one thing, fog’s not very common around here, so any foggy day has a bit of mysterious feel to it. And to see fog rising over the edges of the Caprock was a treat. Add in a handful of wind turbines slicing away at the mist, and a bit of a sparkle from where the sun hit the electrical insulators and train-track ballast;*. I’ve never seen anything like it.

near Fluvanna, Texas
photographed 1.17.2009

*Click to enlarge to see the sparkly stuff better – it’s at the bottom of the frame.