Steam Fog Observed at Kushiro Port, Hokkaido, as Area Logs Lowest Temperature of Winter So Far

Steam Fog Observed at Kushiro Port, Hokkaido, as Area Logs Lowest Temperature of Winter So Far

Steam fog creates a fantastic scene at Kushiro Port in Kushiro, Hokkaido, early Friday morning, with the port bathed in the golden hue of the morning sun. Steam fog, a meteorological phenomenon in which mist rises like steam from the ocean’s surface, is caused by a difference in temperature between cold air and seawater. The phenomenon tends to occur early in the morning, when the weather is clear and the wind is weak. By 8 a.m. on the day, Kush…