Golden Gate Photo - San Francisco The Fog Rolls In Gallery

Golden Gate Photo - The Fog Rolls In Gallery
Fine Art Photography of the Fog of San Francisco, California.

San Francisco is renown for the fog that rolls through the Golden Gate and shrouds the City and the bay much of the year. What makes the fog so unusual is the fact that it's most prevalent during the summer months, when most of the state is experiencing the common summer sun and heat. This is typically the result of the daytime heating to the east in the Central Valley forcing the air to rise. As this air rises, air near the surface is pulled in from the west to replace it. When this pull is strong enough, it draws the cool moist air lying over the Pacific Ocean into the coastal regions. Along much of the coastline, the coastal mountains keep the fog along the beach most of the time. Since the Golden Gate and Bay Area is an open pathway to the Central Valley, the moist ocean air is easily drawn into the bay as a strand of fog. As the fog bank thickens, it eventually begins to roll over the lower hills and spill into the rest of the City and bay. Hence the famous quote often (mis) attributed to Mark Twain - "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco".

	The Fog Rolls In - Bay Bridge This is the view from Yerba Buena Island, looking west at the Downtown portion of San Francisco, with Pac Bell Park on the left and the TransAmerica Pyramid to the right. Print No. A00-12-11 More images of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
	The Fog Rolls In - Sutro Tower The highest point in the San Francisco skyline is bisected by the low clouds rolling in from the west. Print No. A00-22-6
	The Fog Rolls In - Noe Valley Looking south from Corona Heights, the last light of day falls over Noe Valley as the fog spills around Twin Peaks. Print No. A00-12-7
	The Fog Rolls In - Golden Gate Bridge Taken from Fort Point, along the San Francisco waterfront, and looking up at the bridge as the Sun sets over the Marin Headlands. Print No. A00-12-8

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