Frozen Fog

Ferrara, in fact this whole region of Italy, is famous for its fog. This fog is of the scary movie/ biblical apocalypse variety that blocks out the sun and reduce vision down to mere feet. Today brought a whole new phenomenon to the fog however…frozen fog. Since it has been below or only slightly above freezing the last few days and the air is dense with a thick layer of fog, everything is covered with frost. Interestingly, however, the fog also freezes in mid-air, leaving small ice crystals floating about, kind of like snow but smaller. Also the frozen air makes little spider web patterns extending from door handles and across and between the links of chain link fences. It almost defies explanation and I wish I had a picture. It is quite interesting and beautiful.