LA River: Socked In

Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 10, 2015.  Fog rolled up the LA River this morning. It only took about 15 minutes for Elysian Valley to disappear from view.   Above, the top of Glassell Park is barely visible above the fog.  The soccer fields at Taylor Yard are on the opposite side of the Metrolink train; Parcel G of Taylor Yard is on this side of the train; the river, Elysian Valley and the 5 Freeway are on this side of the of the power lines.  (Click on photos to enlarge.)

Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 10, 2015.  Radio Hill in Montecito Heights was barely visible above the fog.  Elysian Valley was quickly disappearing.

Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 10, 2015.  Going...

Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 10, 2015.  Gone.  I had to climb higher on the hill for this shot.  If you look very closely, you can see the tallest radio antenna poking out of the fog bank.  Elysian Valley warehouse rooftops are still somewhat visible on the lower left corner.

Photo: Corralitas Neighbor, December 10, 2015.  Did we sleep through the "The Big One" and Silver Lake became a suburb of the San Francisco Bay?  Seriously though, this photo illustrates the same atmospheric and topographic conditions that trap airborne pollutants close to the ground through the LA River corridor, which create particularly bad air quality conditions in Cypress Park and Elysian Valley.