Meanwhile, in San Francisco, cool gray city of fog and freighters from distant lands,

[NBachers]

the spires of the Golden Gate Bridge disappear into the mist.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. This is a wonderful view, my dear NBachers!

Am I mistaken, or are you actually outside the Golden Gate? I think you are, but not sure.

No matter where you took this great photo, it's still gorgeous.

[NBachers]

6. I'm outside of the Bridge, looking in towards the Bay. This is actually on the Golden Gate, the

inlet between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. The hills on the left are Marin County; I'm standing in San Francisco with the Pacific Ocean at my back.

As the inland part of California swelters, the rising heat draws cool air in from the Pacific. Since the Golden Gate is the lowest elevation, more cool air comes in and creates foggy conditions here. I'm sure you're familiar with this phenomenon, Peggy, from your experiences along the coastal regions.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Ah, I didn't word it very well, but that was what I was thinking.

And you can bet I am familiar with the foggy conditions! I spent my teen years growing up in San Jose, and there we could see the fog coming over the Santa Cruz mountains, just as it's doing in your photo!

[NBachers]

10. I do hiking in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I love to see the rivers of fog flowing down the valleys

between the mountain peaks, while the clouds back up behind the mountains, trying to get over them.

[Mr.Bill]

11. I also grew up in San Jose.

I spent the 60s there, then moved up the peninsula.

[MLAA]

2. Beautiful.

[wyn borkins]

3. Extraordinary Photograph

I see John Mason stealthily swimming ashore while Houston Person gently weeps in the windy background...

[NBachers]

9. And John Mason's art would feature the shipwrecks that litter the seafloor here.

[RandySF]

4. My favorite weather.

[NBachers]

7. Somehow, it seems like the character of the city comes most alive when it's like this.

[brer cat]

5. Very nice, NBachers.

[Mr.Bill]

12. Columnist Herb Caen of the Chronicle

used to call the fog 'The City's Lace Curtains".

[Old Crank]

13. Summer in the city

[calimary]

14. Cools you down just to look at it.

NICE, NBachers!