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Have a local article from theweathernetwork.com, January 7th, 2025.

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A breathtaking sight greeted Monday drivers in the lower mainland in BC as patches of

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dense fog blanketed the region, resulting from a marine layer that nestled up along the coast.

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The fog turned the skyland into a scene out of stranger things, setting the stage for

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an extraordinary optical phenomenon.

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There is a weather alert, it said hold your breath.

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Oh yeah.

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A high rise in Berta B.B.C. became the canvas of this optical phenomenon as it appeared

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to glow amidst the fog, with radiant beams of light cascading outward.

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A scene that went viral on social media.

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I haven't actually seen this on social media.

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While the display might resemble a glory, which is a halo-like optical phenomenon caused by

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sunlight interacting with water droplets, this scene on January 6th was more nuanced.

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Glories typically consist of concentric colored rings that form around the shadow of the

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observer, but this phenomenon lacked those telltale rings.

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Instead, it combined the effect of fog droplets with the reflective surfaces of the high rise

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creating a unique pattern of radiating light.

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The building amplified and scattered the sunlight in a way that blurred the line between nature

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and architecture, resulting in something not often seen and difficult to define with traditional

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optical science.

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I'm hoping they explain it here to you so I don't have to.

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It might be best described as a, quote, fog halo enhanced by reflection and scattering,

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quote, a hybrid of atmospheric and structural influences.

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As photos of the glowing high rise spread online, residents shared the creative takes

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on the scene.

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Comments ranged from, it looks like feathers or multiple angel wings.

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To, did we just find a portal to another dimension?

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Others chimed in with humor saying someone called the Ghostbusters.

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The fog was the result of a temperature inversion, a weather setup where, yeah, we know what

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fog is, we already talked about fog and we already knew what it was then.

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One day's combination of dense fog patches paired with bright sunshine offered a rare

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and magical moment in an otherwise routine commute across Metro Vancouver.

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Whether you saw it as a natural wonder or portal to another realm, it was a reminder

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of the beauty that can emerge when weather, light and architecture intersect.

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So I have a picture of it here.

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I found pictures of it.

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It does look interesting.

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Yeah.

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With the portal like thing.

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I do just have to say, I don't understand why you picked this.

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It's not giving kids cancer, right?

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I mean, we don't know.

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It might be like a bio fog or something like that.

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I actually sent you a picture this day because the fog was so thick that day and the sunrise

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was captured by the fog.

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Oh, the pink, yeah.

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And so all the fog turned pink for like five minutes.

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It was just surrounded by pink fog.

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So I sent that to you.

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That was the same day that this happened.

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So it was just a crazy fog day and all sorts of wild shit was happening.

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Well, we clearly have different criteria for our Fringy Minis.

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So I would like to point that out.

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Mine was filed under feel good.

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Oh, good.

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slash dealers choice.

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I felt like we needed it.

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Okay.

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Because you're always bringing us down.

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Yeah, fair enough.

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My fog went the other way from your fog even.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, we brought them.

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I mean, as far as we know, we just took in different corrections.

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Time will tell the long term impacts of this fog.

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Yeah, exactly.

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Good thing I didn't breathe in that day.

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And with that, you guys got 48 hours.

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You probably shouldn't breathe in either just to be safe.

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But good luck with that.

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Bye.

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