USA

Mist on Lake Sherburne

Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

August 9th. It is early morning and we are getting ready to leave our campground at "Many Glacier" and drive a bit more to the south in Glacier National Park, to the campground "Rising Sun". It is not that far of a drive, about 45 kilometers / 45 minutes if you don't make any stops on the way. But in such a beautiful park, how can you not stop on the way?!

Our little friend at this campsite, an American Robin, is sitting on it's rock to say goodbye to us. It is a juvenile American Robin and it is posing in front of my camera like a little photo model :-) First showing of the beautiful coloured feathers on its breast, followed by a showing of the patterns on its back.
You can see it is a juvenile because brown spots on its breast. The American Robin is named after the European Robin because of its reddish-orange breast, but these two species are not closely related. (The American Robin is a Thrush)

We left our campground around 9. Temperature around 14C /57F.
And we saw this mist over Lake Sherburne when moving to our next stop further south in Glacier National Park. Trying to catch this mystic feeling. I remember I froze standing on the beach trying to get some photos, while cursing myself that I didn't put on a warmer sweater.
The thin, warm, moist layer of air over the pond then mixes with the cooler air from the land. As it cools, condensation occurs and a fog forms. It looks like steam rising off the water, hence the name 'steam fog.

But the suprises on this relatively short drive are not over yet. "Stop!" I suddenly cry out. Look, Up there!! I think it is a bear in the top of the tree!