Twilight mist over Eliburn Reservoir

Image: © Ian Dodds Taken: 3 Jan 2023

Whilst I know the difference between mist and fog (fog is just created by clouds being at ground level), quite why mist forms escapes me. It has something to do with water vapour (in this case from the reservoir) coming into contact with other colder passing air and turning back to water again I think! The odd thing here was that the mist only occupied the middle third of the water for whatever reason; it wasn't the case that if you moved to where the mist is in the photo, that that bit was clear close-up, and the top and bottom section looked misty. This is now a fishery. It may always have been so as there is no water board mentioned on old maps of here, as is usually the case with regular reservoirs. The most interesting thing I unearthed about the reservoir is that somebody had a lucky escape almost a year ago to the day when the ice gave way whilst he was doing a bit of ice hockey (?!) Old maps indicate that the reservoir is a bit over a hundred years old.

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