Poignant image shows the intricacies of fog

The image below is from Navy.mil, the official website of the U.S. Navy. It exemplifies the mysteries and  intricacies of fog conditions.

One historical  case in point is the catastrophic collision between the Stockholm and the Andrea Doria  on  July 25, 1956.  The third officer of the Stockholm who rammed into the luxury liner Andrea Doria maintained in court that he saw no fog.  Yet,  the Nantucket Lightship was sending out a fog alert  and everyone on the Andrea Doria remembers the foghorn sounding every two minutes on their liner.

An eyewitness on the Stockholm,   previously trained in meteorology,  asserts that there was fog surrounding the Stockholm,  but it was a low-lying type,  one that barely reached the bridge of command.  Is it possible that the Stockholm traveled for hours in this kind of fog,   thereby truthfully maintaining there was no fog?  or did the third officer have to  say that there was no fog,   so as not to be  held criminally responsible for the death of 46 people?

Mysterious fog  conditions continue to be discussed in this infamous case,  and hundreds of others.

Navy News Service – Eye on the Fleet

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Description:   The amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce (LPD 15) emerges from a low-lying fog in the Mediterranean Sea.
The amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce (LPD 15) emerges from a low-lying fog in the Mediterranean Sea.Download HiRes

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110415-N-7293M-635 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 15, 2011) The amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce (LPD 15) emerges from a low-lying fog in the Mediterranean Sea. Ponce is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group, supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S

. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathanael Miller/Released)

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