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San Francisco Bay
shrouded in
fog
, as seen from the
Marin Headlands
looking east. The
fog of San Francisco
is a kind of sea fog, created when warm, moist air blows from the central
Pacific Ocean
across the cold water of the
California Current
, which flows just off the coast. The water is cold enough to lower the temperature of the air to the
dew point
, causing fog generation. In this photo, the towers of the
Golden Gate Bridge
can be seen poking through the fog, and the
Bay Bridge
is visible in the distance.
Photo:
Mila Zinkova
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