"TC" <do-not-reply@i-do get-enough-spam-already-2498.com> schreef in bericht 
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> You are right here. There are things like deep purple sunsets and pink 
> sunrises or a sky-cloud combination on a somewhat rainy day in December 
> that will illuminate a single tree like somebody trained a giant spotlight 
> on it.
>
> Today I looked at ground-fog in a small forest glade, the fog filling the 
> glade completely and maybe three feet high, a soft breeze stirring the 
> fog, sending white tendrils skyward. It looked like a scene straight out 
> of a horror B-movie.
>
> Nature can be unbelievably beautiful, in the truest sense of the word.
>
> One of the most strange sights I ever saw was on a November morning more 
> than a decade past. In the night it was pretty warm for the season and 
> water evaporating from the lake must have created a ground fog. Then the 
> temperature dropped really quickly below zero and all trees near the lake 
> were covered in webs of glittering frost, while the ground (being able to 
> hold the warmth longer) was completely void of snow. The beauty lasted 
> only one half-hour...


Cool.
I usually try to have a camera with me when going outdoors, just to catch 
those fleeting moments. Truth is that often when I see some such, I have 
forgotten to take my camera with me  :-)

Thomas

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