Marvel over these fascinating foggy cityscapes

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Fog is a cloud of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air that touches the ground. Its density can vary, but it can be thick enough to considerably reduce visibility, sometimes to the point where you can hardly see your hand in front of your face. This common weather phenomenon can wreak havoc on travel plans, but fog can also completely transform the visual aspect of a destination, especially a city where buildings, monuments, and landmarks often take on a surreal and unworldly quality when shrouded in this damp, fine water vapor.

 

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San Francisco -

The Golden Gate Bridge, one of the world's most recognized structures, is shrouded in fog, a common weather phenomenon in the San Francisco Bay Area.

 

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Hong Kong -

Fog envelops the skyscrapers looming over Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor. The tallest building in Hong Kong is currently the 108-storey International Commerce Centre, which stands 484 m (1,588 ft).

 

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Dubai -

A bank of heavy fog creeps up on Dubai's towering skyscrapers, including the Burj Khalifa, at 829 m (2,722 ft) the tallest structure in the world.

 

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Edinburgh -

Edinburgh's landmark castle appears all the more romantic in its amethyst glow as the Scottish capital is bathed in a soft mantle of fog as winter draws in.

 

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New York City -

Birds circle the top of One World Trade Center as the sun sets and fog falls over lower Manhattan in New York City.

 

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Paris -

The equestrian statute of French general Ferdinand Foch lends perspective to the Eiffel Tower, the illumination of which lends the wrought-iron landmark a surreal glow as fog envelops Paris.

 

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Shanghai -

Only the tallest of buildings on the Lujiazui Peninsula in Shanghai manage to pierce the fog that's settled over the city's futuristic financial district.

 

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London -

London's Elizabeth Tower, which houses the Great Bell known as Big Ben, has a dreamlike quality about it as fog blankets the UK capital.

 

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Chicago -

Chicago shivers as a foggy cold front sends the mercury tumbling during a particularly harsh Illinois winter.

 

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Vilnius -

The Vilnius TV Tower in Lithuania needles its way through a morning fog bank to appear as if suspended in clouds.

 

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Prague -

Early morning fog begins to lift over Prague's medieval Charles Bridge, which at this hour is blissfully bereft of tourists.

 

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Sydney -

Sydney Harbor Bridge, which opened in 1932, disappears into Port Jackson, its iconic span temporarily invisible as fog rolls in off the Tasman Sea.

 

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Toronto -

Toronto's emblematic CN Tower rears up from a sea of fog as seen from the city's BMO building.

 

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Lisbon -

The lower half of Lisbon's Ponte 25 de Abril suspension bridge is obscured by a bank of sea fog settled over the Tagus River. Only Cristo Rei—a mini version of Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer—escapes its clutches.

 

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Berlin -

The lights of the Fernsehturm Berlin, the German city's landmark TV tower located near Alexanderplatz, glow in light morning fog.

 

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Tokyo -

Japan's capital sparkles through low-level fog that threatens to envelop the entire city.

 

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Rio de Janeiro -

Crowds gather at the foot of the famous Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro to capture the world-famous statue bathed in luminous fog.

 

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Vancouver -

The snow-dusted twin peaks known as "The Lions" peer over the Vancouver skyline at sunrise as fog slowly retreats over the British Columbia city.

 

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New York City -

The towers of the George Washington Bridge in New York City are lit on a foggy night to mark President's Day as seen from Fort Lee in New Jersey. The annual holiday is celebrated on the third Monday of February to honor all persons who served as presidents of the United States.