Clearing Storm, Eastern Mountains, Victoria, Australia

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A storm that produced nearly a week of rain and snow moves away. The moisture left behind is transpired by vegetation in addition to direct evaporation, producing fog that rises from the forest. Such fog usually vanishes or "burns off" quickly as temperatures warm, but on this occasion it continued until past noon. This viewing position faces the sun, which was high above the horizon when this photograph was captured. That produced very high contrast in the scene and made me wish my eyes were as well shielded from the sun as my camera lens.