Fog and Sun around San Francisco
.On Saturday Seth and his mother and I did some sightseeing. We’ve been having absolutely gorgeous weather recently, and we started off at Lafayette Park.
There, it was sunny and hot, as you can see from these photos:
From there we headed towards Sutro Heights Park, hoping for a view down the coast. However, as we hit 30th Avenue, it was no longer gloriously sunny and warm, but instead foggy and chilly, and this was the view of the coastline:
We drove out again, and confirmed that the shift from fog to sun was a very sharp one. We then drove to Hawk Hill, where we saw the fog bank from another angle:
Looking into the bay, it was mostly clear:
Unfortunately, I didn’t get photos of what might have been the most spectacular parts: later on the way back from Muir Woods, going south towards the bridge on Highway One, we saw the fog rolling down the hills to our right as if propelled by some gigantic fan—it really looked like some kind of special effects setup. To our left, the bay was by then filled with fog. The Golden Gate Bridge was now entirely enveloped in mist, and so was grey and dull except for the middle, where for about two minutes we were in the section of mist that was being illuminated by the setting sun. We couldn’t see the sun, but the fog went from dull grey to this amazing golden rosy haze, with a quality of light I don’t think I’ve ever seen before.