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| Belmont Harbor, Lake Michigan, and the fog that wouldn't leave (JWB Photo) |
Lake fog continues
to flirt with Chicago's shoreline. It's a fascinating phenomenon with effects
which are highly localized. You can have dense slashing visibilities at the
shoreline and travel 2 blocks inland and bathed in sunshine. James Bartholomew
sends us this shot looking toward the lakefront from a high rise north of
Diversey Harbor.
That was the
caption beneath a photo of a fog-shrouded Belmont Harbor. My first submission to the Tom Skilling
Facebook page and to the WGN Weather Center was a winner. Shucks, already I’m uncomfortable being this
famous.
It has been a most
unusual couple of days in Chicago. I
gave a River Tour for the Chicago Architectural Foundation and had to plead
with the folks on the boat to believe that Willis Tower was arguably the
tallest skyscraper in the United States since we could only see the first 70
floors or so. This morning, riding my
bike along the lake, there was no city to see at all. I could barely make out the top third of the
John Hancock building while the sun shone brightly four blocks to the west.
This afternoon the
fog crept right up to the shoreline and that’s where it stayed. It made an awesome image in which sky, cloud
and lake merged into one fascinating mix.
The blog starts with the photo that captured the world’s attention. The photo at the end is another shot of the
same phenomenon.
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| Belmont Harbor in the fog (JWB Photo) |
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