On a cold winter morning,

in the time before the light...
-Dragonforce-

It doesn't necessarily have to be cold nor does it have to be morning or winter. There is however, a magical moment when the light is shrouded in moisture. Call it fog, call it mist, whatever you call it, it creates a moment of magic. Whether the light is a street lamp or the rising or setting sun, the point is that the light is breaking through. Like yesterday's "splash of color in a grey world", there is a certain relief felt when the light breaks through the shroud of fog.

Wikipedia says:

Fog forms when water vapor in the air at the surface begins to condense into liquid water. Fog normally occurs at a relative humidity of 100%. This can be achieved by either adding moisture to the air or dropping the ambient air temperature. Fog can form at lower humidities, and fog can sometimes not form with relative humidity at 100%. A reading of 100% relative humidity does not mean that the air can not hold any more moisture, but the air will then becomes known as supersaturated. Fog formation does require all of the elements that normal cloud formation requires with the most important being condensation nuclei. When the air is saturated, additional moisture tends to condense rather than staying in the air as vapor. Condensation nuclei must be present in the form of dust, aeresols, pollutants, etc. for the water to condense upon. When there is exceptional amounts of condensation nuclei present, especially hydroscopic (water seeking such as salt, see below) then the water vapor may tend to condense below 100% relative humidity. Conversely, when low amounts condensation nuclei are not present and wind is light, the water may tend to stay in the air as vapor which would increase the humidity to over 100%.

So, here for your enjoiment, the Top Ten Pictures of light through the fog-


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by -cr

A new morning
by N.R. Burning away the mist and lighting another day ...
by Andrew Castle Bezdez
by `Bobesh dawn
by kirstynoodle IMG_8158
by mike138 morning on the river
by benefit of hindsight Off to the Sun Down Under
by H2O Alchemist Sunrise in Winter
by Ashlee V
the early bird special
by barvlieg Three Bonus Pictures (as promised on "Beach Volleyball")

The Great Wall at Mutianyu
by 1980Nic Untitled
by cyclonepower You Never Know
by MCXL5

Through the Fire and the Flames

On a cold winter morning, in the time before the light

In flames of death's eternal reign we ride towards the fight

And the darkness is falling down and the times are tough all right

The sound of evil laughter falls around the world tonight

Fighting hard, fighting on for the steel

Through the wastelands evermore

The scattered souls will feel the hell, bodies wasted on the shore

On the blackest plains in hells domain

We watch them as they go

Through fire and pain and once again we know

So now we fly ever free

We're free before the thunderstorm

On towards the wilderness our quest carries on

Far beyond the sundown, far beyond the moonlight

Deep inside our hearts and all our souls

So far away we wait for the day

For the nights all so wasted and gone

We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days

Through the fire and the flames we carry on

As the red day is dawning

And the lightning cracks the sky

They raise their hands to the heavens above

with resentment in there eyes.

Running back through the mid-morning light

There's a burning in my heart

We're banished from the time in the fallen land

To a light beyond the stars

In your blackest dreams we do believe

Our destiny this time

And endlessly we'll all be free tonight

And on the wings of a dream

So far beyond reality

All alone in desperation

Now the time is gone

Lost inside you'll never find

Lost within my own mind

Day after day this misery must go on

So far away we wait for the day

For the nights all so wasted and gone

We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days

Through the fire and the flames we carry on

Whoah, whoah, whoooooah, whoah, whoah, whoooooah

Now here we stand with their blood on our hands

We've fought so hard now can we understand?

I'll break the seal of this curse if I possibly can

For freedom of every man

So far away we wait for the day

For the lives all so wasted and gone

We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days

Through the fire and the flames we carry on

-Dragonforce-

As always, thanks to everyone for sharing

Goodnight and enjoi.