Blog posts about Cloud inversion (Nebelmeer / mer de brouillard) at Permanent Tourist

Finding a magnificent view of a scene I know well, by going up a little road and turning a corner.

Dense, grey fog on the lakes in the Bernese Oberland means that it’s best to head for the surrounding hills and mountains to get above the cloud and into the sunshine. We took a drive up a road we’d never used before – an unrestricted, toll-free one for a change – and ended up high […]

Yorkshire meets Switzerland in the limestone landscape of Creux-du-Van, above Neuchâtel.

Fear and exhilaration on the other side of the safety fence, at the absolute “Top of Germany”.

Shots from a day trip to the small, local alpine ski resort of Melchsee Frutt in canton Obwalden.

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The “Nebelmeer” (lit. sea of cloud) is a fabulous meteorological phonemenon at this time of year, caused by a band of dense cloud sealing cold air beneath it in alpine valleys.

Small gallery of photos from a 2005 summer trip to the Piz Gloria revolving mountain-top restaurant above Mürren, made famous by the 1969 James Bond Film “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”.

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I am auctioning off a single print of one of my photographs to the highest bidder to support the earthquake victims in Haiti.