It was a very early start: at 6.40 am it was bitterly cold and foggy, and the dawn was just breaking.
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Unexpectedly, the fog was blown away just as the sun rose above the horizon.
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Towards the east, the sun was trying to beat the fog.
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I had doubts as to the conditions at the top of Kamniski vrh. It was enveloped in fog.
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Pink and orange fog.
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Morning mists around Bovec.
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Morning mists around Bovec.
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Morning mists around Bovec.
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Morning mists around Bovec. Mt. Svinjak in the background.
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Morning mists around Bovec. A tractor and a tree.
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A tree in morning mists around Bovec.
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Morning mists around Bovec.
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Morning mists around Bovec.
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Morning mists around Bovec.
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Morning mists around Bovec.
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Morning dew.
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Morning dew.
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Morning mists around Bovec.
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Morning mists around Bovec.
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On the way back to Ljubljana over Predel Pass we saw Mt. Mangart again.
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The village of Strmec.
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A fort close to Predel Pass.
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Rabelj Lake (Lago del Predil) in Italy.
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The Logarska valley was full of fog.
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Fog in the Logarska valley.
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Further up near the summit fog suddenly enveloped me.
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The sun was trying to penetrate the fog.
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When I left the hut, it was quite foggy.
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Further down the fog thinned out a bit.
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Foggy slopes.
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Mt. Slivnica in fog.
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Lake and fog.
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The sunlight spilling over the fog in the Ljubljana basin.
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The fog in the lowlands persisted.
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Zelenci - the source of the Sava Dolinka River.
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Zelenci - the source of the Sava Dolinka River.
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The night was short. We got up at 4.30 to start the hike early, but before we set off, the view over Lake Bohinj enveloped in fog left us with our mouths open.
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The waterhole and the sea of fog in the background
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The sea of fog in the valley and hugging the slopes of Storžič.
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Mists in the hills above Zelenci - the source of the Sava Dolinka River.
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Looking towards the sun casting shadows on the fog below
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The fog stopped at Kamniški vrh.
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Zelenci - the source of the Sava Dolinka River.
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Fog and sunrays
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Mangart Lakes (Mangartska jezera).
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One more look at the fog in the valley and at 5 a.m. we started walking.
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Mangart Lakes (Mangartska jezera).
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Mangart Lakes (Mangartska jezera).
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Mangart Lakes (Mangartska jezera).
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Parachuters descending into the fog after dark
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Mangart Lakes (Mangartska jezera).
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Mangart Lakes (Mangartska jezera).
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Mangart Lakes (Mangartska jezera).
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Mangart Lakes (Mangartska jezera).
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Mangart Lakes (Mangartska jezera).
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Mangart Lakes (Mangartska jezera).
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Later on the fog was gone.
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Mangart Lakes (Mangartska jezera).
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Mangart Lakes (Mangartska jezera).
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Mangart Lakes (Mangartska jezera).
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Rabelj Lake (Rabeljsko jezero).
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Rabelj Lake (Rabeljsko jezero).
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Above Kranjska Gora.
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Above Kranjska Gora.
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Above Kranjska Gora.
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Above Kranjska Gora.
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Above Kranjska Gora.
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Above Kranjska Gora.
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Above Kranjska Gora.
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Above Kranjska Gora.
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Above Kranjska Gora.
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Above Kranjska Gora.
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Above Kranjska Gora.
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Above Kranjska Gora.
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Above Kranjska Gora.
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Above Kranjska Gora.
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Above Kranjska Gora.
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Above Kranjska Gora.
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Above Kranjska Gora.
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Above Kranjska Gora.
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Snow and fog.
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Planina Javornik in the sun.
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Kamnik Saddle and fog.
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Planina Javornik with Viševnik, Mali Draški vrh, Veliki Selišnik and Triglav in the background.
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Foggy forest.
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The clouds and fog only came from the south.
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Fog.
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Last moments in the sun before we plunged into the fog.
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Planina Javornik
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Foggy forest.
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Every now and then the fog cleared a bit.
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Quick, take a photo before the fog returns!
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No fog to the north.
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Lots of fog to the south. The first day of our hike was very successful.
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Snow.
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Foggy forest.
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Snow.
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Cross country skiing.
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Fog started to fight the sun.
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The fog stayed above the trees.
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Looking toward the other side, the fog had already started to creep up from the valley.
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Planina Javornik.
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Pokljuka.
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Pokljuka.
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Forest.
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Forest on speed. :)
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Foggy forest.
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The fog had reached the cottages, but the edge was still bathing in the sun.
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Fog.
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The fog turned red, but just for one minute.
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Ridges in red fog.
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Foggy forest.
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Then the red hue was gone and the fog slowly crept on over the village.
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Red sumac in the fog.
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We had some soured milk and cottage cheese while enjoying the view of the chapel enveloped in fog.
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It was pretty dark and I had to prop the camera on a fence to capture the fog rolling in again.
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Now it was really dark and foggy, but knowing the way we didn't turn on our headlamps.
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A typical Velika planina cottage in the bluish foggy nightfall.
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The Streža ridge is quite airy with precipices on both sides. The fog, however, prevented us from seeing the abyss to the left.
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Our next goal, Dolgi hrbet, was enveloped in fog.
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Mt. Slivnica and hoarfrost
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Surrounding peaks enveloped in fog.
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Mt. Slivnica and hoarfrost
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Fog in the valley.
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Mt. Slivnica and hoarfrost
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... before I reached a clearing where sunrays were trying to get through the fog. The light was magical. These photos are hardly post-processed at all - the colors were really like this.
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Mt. Slivnica and hoarfrost
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Mt. Slivnica and hoarfrost
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A photo taken through the bus window of the fog in the valley.
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Mt. Slivnica and hoarfrost
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Mt. Slivnica and hoarfrost
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A layer of fog.
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Mt. Slivnica and hoarfrost
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When the sun beat the fog, I continued my way across a meadow.
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Mt. Slivnica and hoarfrost
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Mt. Slivnica and hoarfrost
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Mt. Slivnica and hoarfrost
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Mt. Slivnica and hoarfrost
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The views to the southwest revealed fog in the valley.
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Fog in the valley.
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Velika planina and fog rolling in in the background.
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Layer of smog/fog in the valley.
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Fog in the Vrata valley almost 2 kms lower.
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When we were almost back in the valley, we could see that we were actually in a layer of fog. Brana above us.
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The fog on the right hand side prevented us from seeing down the precipice.
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In the morning, the fog still persevered in the valley.
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Looking back towards Gorenjska where the fog still persisted in the valley.
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Orange fog in the valley.
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Illuminating the fog below.
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More fog.
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Fog was rising.
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There was fog in the valley which light tried to penetrate.
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Mt. Šmarna gora in the sea of fog.
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An island in the fog.
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Fog soon lost its orange glow and turned to white.
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Fog in the valley.
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By the time we made our last run the fog in the valley had vanished.
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Fog was awaiting in the valley below.
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Sea of fog beneath the Alps.
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The mountain side cutting into the fog.
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Panorama of the Alps rising above the fog.
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