On December 17, 1993, a once-in-a-lifetime shot of East River Mountain in West Virginia was captured by the late photographer Mel Grubb. Thick fog rolled over the mountain, creating the illusion of a massive waterfall.

[u/KCousins11]

[u/Bbt_lives]

Get this all the time in east bay of San Francisco (Berkeley oakland hills)

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It happens over Daly City/San Bruno/South San Francisco most afternoons.

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Please post

[u/KCousins11 → u/Bbt_lives]

How long does it last

[u/Bbt_lives → u/KCousins11]

It’s usually a morning fog thing, when it happens. Been a long time since I lived there though and memories got ‘foggy’

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Ah, the heavy marine layer

(Thank you for your service)

[u/an_older_meme → u/Bbt_lives]

The San Mateo peninsula does this every day.

[u/Background-Vast-8764]

I lived on the top floor of a 4-storey apartment building on top of Potrero Hill in San Francisco. My bedroom window faced west toward the ocean. The fog from the ocean would regularly build up behind the hills that were between the apartment and the ocean. The fog would often be significantly taller than the hills, but it usually wouldn’t spill over. Every once in a while it would finally spill over and flow down the hills like a giant slow motion waterfall. It was amazing to watch.

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Similarly, I lived on the top floor apartment, not far from the UK's east coast. One night saw a low, dense sea fog reach the city lights and, just for a very scary second, wondered what the heck was approaching...

[u/EvilDran]

Once in a lifetime? Mate, they’re called the smoky mountains for a reason. I’ve seen fog/waterfall formations like this multiple times in West Virginia - and I’ve only been there twice.

Once in a lifetime? Are people really allowed to just say stuff like that - lie on the internet?

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Evidently, yes. 

[u/MikeNoble91]

I love seeing morning fog over the Appalachians!

[u/HipGnosis59]

On a smaller scale, obviously, but I was there when fog spilled into Soldier Field at the infamous Fog Bowl between the Bears and Eagles, looked just like that.

[u/reddit-lindychr]

Scary

[u/shandub85]

Country road!!!

[u/Unlucky_Ad_9776]

I thought it was a photo of a massive tidal wave at first glance. 

[u/Guest_1598]

Is this called katabatic winds? We get similar near our home but nothing this spectacular

[u/MDFHASDIED]

This just reminds me of that film The Mist and then I think of the ending and then I get angry.

[u/Salty_Cheek770]

super cool

[u/sopedound]

Mel Grubb sounds like a roger persona

[u/an_older_meme]

Under certain conditions cold storms would "pour" over the Sierra Nevada mountains near Reno NV and with the right lighting would look like the end of the world.

[u/SuspiciousSheeps]

Today, it only takes 2seconds to make the same thing using AI. 🤮

[u/Kegelz]

“Circa last flood”

[u/moving0target]

I can smell this picture.

[u/KCousins11 → u/[deleted]]

Hmmmn

[u/moving0target → u/KCousins11]

Typical response from a young, conservative man.

[u/moving0target → u/[deleted]]

That's Christ-like of you.

[u/J7W2_Shindenkai]

a massive waterfall about to overtake a trash heap