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   November 17, 2022 - Carpathians Surrounded by Fog and Cloud   
      
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      The Carpathian Mountains abound with dramatic landscapes: towering   
      rock-faced mountains, spine-tingling castles, green lowland meadows,   
      shimmering lakes, and stunning sunrises all greet the traveler to this   
      Central European wonderland. Perhaps the most dramatic—and   
      ubiquitous—features are fog and cloud. Photos feature green forest amid   
      a gray mist, castle spires appearing eerily from dark gray cloud, or   
      mountain peaks aglow in a vibrant sunset—just above a white pool of low   
      cloud. Carpathian fog and cloud are also integral to literature, such   
      as Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula, where misty ribbons of fog crept under   
      doors and through windows, bringing a sense of dread to travelers in   
      the Count’s Transylvanian abode.   
      
      While fog and cloud doesn’t shroud the mountainous region constantly,   
      they are frequent visitors, especially in the mornings and in the cool   
      seasons. Travel websites note that in Romania, where about half of the   
      Carpathians are located, in late October and through November rainy and   
      foggy days are abundant, marking the arrival of winter.   
      
      On November 15, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on the Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of the high   
      peaks of the Carpathian Mountains poking through fog and cloud. In the   
      center of the image, fog fills the Transylvanian Depression and patches   
      can also be seen filling several steep mountain valleys.   
      
      Fog, which is essentially very low cloud that sits near ground level,   
      typically appears softly textured in satellite images and, at the   
      edges, tendrils can be seen creeping into valleys. In contrast, banks   
      of cloud rise above the ground and do not lay in valleys. At times   
      banks of low-level cloud (such as stratocumulus) may butt up against   
      the peaks of very tall mountains while staying far above ground level.   
      That is likely the case with the wide swath of cloud surrounding the   
      Carpathians.   
      
      On November 15, Weather Underground reported that the city of Sibiu,   
      Romania was under fog, while conditions at Bucharest, Romania, were   
      cloudy. Sibiu is located near the center of the Transylvanian   
      Depression while Bucharest sits under the heavy bank of white on the   
      southeastern ridge of the Carpathian Mountains.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 11/15/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (482.2 KB),  500m (1.4 MB),  250m (1.1 MB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-11-17   
       
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