Have a local article from theweathernetwork.com, January 7th, 2025.
A breathtaking sight greeted Monday drivers in the lower mainland in BC as patches of
dense fog blanketed the region, resulting from a marine layer that nestled up along the coast.
The fog turned the skyland into a scene out of stranger things, setting the stage for
an extraordinary optical phenomenon.
There is a weather alert, it said hold your breath.
Oh yeah.
A high rise in Berta B.B.C. became the canvas of this optical phenomenon as it appeared
to glow amidst the fog, with radiant beams of light cascading outward.
A scene that went viral on social media.
I haven't actually seen this on social media.
While the display might resemble a glory, which is a halo-like optical phenomenon caused by
sunlight interacting with water droplets, this scene on January 6th was more nuanced.
Glories typically consist of concentric colored rings that form around the shadow of the
observer, but this phenomenon lacked those telltale rings.
Instead, it combined the effect of fog droplets with the reflective surfaces of the high rise
creating a unique pattern of radiating light.
The building amplified and scattered the sunlight in a way that blurred the line between nature
and architecture, resulting in something not often seen and difficult to define with traditional
optical science.
I'm hoping they explain it here to you so I don't have to.
It might be best described as a, quote, fog halo enhanced by reflection and scattering,
quote, a hybrid of atmospheric and structural influences.
As photos of the glowing high rise spread online, residents shared the creative takes
on the scene.
Comments ranged from, it looks like feathers or multiple angel wings.
To, did we just find a portal to another dimension?
Others chimed in with humor saying someone called the Ghostbusters.
The fog was the result of a temperature inversion, a weather setup where, yeah, we know what
fog is, we already talked about fog and we already knew what it was then.
One day's combination of dense fog patches paired with bright sunshine offered a rare
and magical moment in an otherwise routine commute across Metro Vancouver.
Whether you saw it as a natural wonder or portal to another realm, it was a reminder
of the beauty that can emerge when weather, light and architecture intersect.
So I have a picture of it here.
I found pictures of it.
It does look interesting.
Yeah.
With the portal like thing.
I do just have to say, I don't understand why you picked this.
It's not giving kids cancer, right?
I mean, we don't know.
It might be like a bio fog or something like that.
I actually sent you a picture this day because the fog was so thick that day and the sunrise
was captured by the fog.
Oh, the pink, yeah.
And so all the fog turned pink for like five minutes.
It was just surrounded by pink fog.
So I sent that to you.
That was the same day that this happened.
So it was just a crazy fog day and all sorts of wild shit was happening.
Well, we clearly have different criteria for our Fringy Minis.
So I would like to point that out.
Mine was filed under feel good.
Oh, good.
slash dealers choice.
I felt like we needed it.
Okay.
Because you're always bringing us down.
Yeah, fair enough.
My fog went the other way from your fog even.
Yeah.
Yeah, we brought them.
I mean, as far as we know, we just took in different corrections.
Time will tell the long term impacts of this fog.
Yeah, exactly.
Good thing I didn't breathe in that day.
And with that, you guys got 48 hours.
You probably shouldn't breathe in either just to be safe.
But good luck with that.
Bye.
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