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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Sun Dec 1, 2013, 01:38 PM Dec 2013

Friday morning, the gorges of the Grand Canyon were filled with fog in a rare temperature inversion
A temperature inversion happens when hot air high up acts as a seal to keep cold air pollution and fog trapped below
While inversions happen once or twice a year at the Grand Canyon, a full inversion is more unusual, happening closer to every 10 years
By ASHLEY COLLMAN

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2516098/Photos-breathtaking-river-fog-Grand-Canyon-ONCE-IN-A-DECADE-weather-phenomenon.html

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Breathtaking images capture river of fog filling the Grand Canyon [View all] n2doc Dec 2013 OP

Very cool, thanks for the link! Scuba Dec 2013 #1

GASP! Although extensive photo Callalily Dec 2013 #2

What manipulation? rickford66 Dec 2013 #3

Don't think so PumpkinAle Dec 2013 #6

Yes, the top once especially looks somewhat HDR'ed Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #7

Doubt that any photo manipulation occurred. truedelphi Dec 2013 #10

I guess down in the canyon it seems like just a rainy foggy day Voice for Peace Dec 2013 #4

Magical, thanks for posting the pics and the link. K&R Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #5

As a "local" to the Grand Canyon Sedona Dec 2013 #9

Thanks for posting PumpkinAle Dec 2013 #11

We thought fog was going to ruin one of our Grand Canyon trips Major Nikon Dec 2013 #12

kick n/t n2doc Dec 2013 #14