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fog enveloping the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

Learn about how the fog in the Atacama Desert of Chile irrigates Chañaral province

Clouds on Mars. The rippled clouds (top) are high in Mars's atmosphere and consist mainly of water crystals with lesser amounts of frozen carbon dioxide. Fog is faintly visible in the lower half of the picture. This false-colour picture is a composite of images taken by the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft on June 4, 1998.

Learn how fog forms when water vapor condenses on bits of dust suspended in the air

Learn about a new method of water collection from the air

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fog: Media

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How fog forms

How fog forms

Overview of how fog forms.

Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

Learn about how the fog in the Atacama Desert of Chile irrigates Chañaral province

Learn about how the fog in the Atacama Desert of Chile irrigates Chañaral province

In the Atacama Desert of Chile, fresh water is extracted from fog and used to irrigate...

Video: © Massachusetts Institute of Technology (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

Learn how fog forms when water vapor condenses on bits of dust suspended in the air

Learn how fog forms when water vapor condenses on bits of dust suspended in the air

Formation of fog along mountain slopes.

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Learn about a new method of water collection from the air

Learn about a new method of water collection from the air

Researchers develop a type of “harp” to harvest fresh water droplets from fog.

Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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fog enveloping the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

fog enveloping the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

Fog enveloping the Golden Gate Bridge, which spans the entrance to San Francisco...

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Formation of stratus cloud and fog beneath a frontal surface.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Formation of inversion fog.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Clouds on Mars. The rippled clouds (top) are high in Mars's atmosphere and consist mainly of water crystals with lesser amounts of frozen carbon dioxide. Fog is faintly visible in the lower half of the picture. This false-colour picture is a composite of images taken by the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft on June 4, 1998.

Clouds on Mars. The rippled clouds (top) are high in Mars's atmosphere and consist...

Photo NASA/JPL/Caltech (NASA photo # PIA01436)

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