Environment
The Arctic 'Steam Fog' Over the Great Lakes, Seen From Space
An escaped chunk of the Polar Vortex caused this weird-looking mass emanation of vapors.
The unusually severe cold snap this week has dealt misery to many – hundreds of Amtrak passengers stranded overnight by blowing snow, Hoosiers ordered to stay inside lest they freeze to death, a zoo's polar bear that is not at all equipped to deal with this level of frigidness.
But it's also brought wonderment in the form of steam fog over the Great Lakes, an arctic evanescence that makes water look like a great bowl of steaming chicken broth.