Fog Fills the Grand Canyon in a Stunningly Beautiful and Rare Total Cloud Inversion

Grand Canyon Filled With Fog

Last Thursday, December 11, 2014, the Grand Canyon was filled with a sea of fog in a stunningly beautiful and rare weather event. The fog was trapped in the canyon by warm air above in what is known as a total cloud inversion. The Grand Canyon National Park has posted gorgeous photos and a time-lapse video of the inversion, which remained through Friday of last week. Such inversions generally happen only once every several years, according to the National Weather Service. However, a similar inversion in the Grand Canyon occurred in December of 2013.

Grand Canyon Filled With Fog

Grand Canyon Filled With Fog

Grand Canyon Filled With Fog

Grand Canyon Filled With Fog

photos by Maci MacPherson/National Parks Service

via Smithsonian Magazine

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