A specifically Scottish Phenomena, the HAAR, known elsewhere as sea mist I think but here it takes on a life of its own. It swirls in and out and lingers over low lying ground. If you watch it from above, an upstairs window is high enough, you can see it swirling, advancing and receding, familiar objects disappear and then re-emerge. I find this a fascinating condition. These pictures were taken yesterday at about midday as I walked into town to collect my parcel from the post office Depo.
it's wonderful, I would be imagining all kinds of things
ReplyDeleteOh! this is giving me shivers ~ what a great photo
ReplyDeleteThis is a truly great picture!
ReplyDeleteIt always impresses me they way people walk in England and Scotland. We do too little of it here and it is a shame.
ReplyDeleteWe have low lying fog in Michigan somewhat like this in the spring and early fall. It lies low on the ground and shifts in an almost spooky fashion. I have never been able to capture it.
Bennett I have lived here for 20 years and this is the first time I have captured it. It's illusive, there have been times when I have watched it from the bedroom window but by the time I grab my camera and rush outdoors.... its gone!!
ReplyDeleteActually I don't have a driving licence.................even here that is very unusual but I've never had any disire to drive
ReplyDeletethanks, if you didn't know what it was you would think the freshly ploughed ground was steaming..... thats what it looks like, steam coming out of the earth.
ReplyDeletetimeless, absolutely beautiful
ReplyDeleteIn Northern California, we call this ground fog - it comes in off the cold Pacific Ocean and lingers in the mornings among the vineyards along the coast. It usually burns off by noon. I don't know if the Haar is different from this...
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in the Highlands and Wales, I noticed the rain clouds generally swirled much lower there than we experience here in the States. Wonderful and magical. :)
down here its river mist comes swirling off the severn, according to my reading the fairies use it to hide there rides and lead travellers to there doom LOL but it is amazing i used to live in torquay in devon we had a similar kind of thing there it was like walking in to a stephen king novel!! brill pics
ReplyDeleteIncredible! This looks very special on the slideshow.
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing the haar many years ago, it is a mist or fog that seems to be unique to the British east-coast, eastern England and Scotland. I was told that it is a cold mist or fog rolling in from the North Sea. It is definitely different from our sea mist, in that it has a rolling, rather than rising, look to it.
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing the haar many years ago, it is a mist or fog that seems to be unique to the British east-coast, eastern England and Scotland. I was told that it is a cold mist or fog rolling in from the North Sea. It is definitely different from our sea mist, in that it has a rolling, rather than rising, look to it.
ReplyDeleteHi Frank.......yes.......it rolls in and out and it is very different to anything else. I used to live on the south coast of England and what we have here inn Scotland is not at all like the sea mist that comes in from the English channel.
ReplyDeleteme no driving license cars are the devil..speaking as someone who has to use an inhaler everytime we get a high in the summer
ReplyDeleteLooks like little 'will o'the wisps'.
ReplyDeleteFascinating how it keeps so low to the ground.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to photograph this phenomena.
ReplyDeleteI guess it would be easy to imagine seeing shapes and movement within it.
ReplyDeleteIt has a strange kind of beauty.
ReplyDeleteDid I see movement? LOL.
ReplyDeleteWe have mists here in Brittany, but this seems to be a particular one. Glad you captured it.
ReplyDeleteHiMitch, like I said to Bennett.............I've lived in Scotland for 20 years and this is the first time I've actually captured the Haar at its best.
ReplyDeletethat is so cool
ReplyDeletearound here we get some wild fogs
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