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All Fog, Mist and Haze

This group collects the Meteorology subcategory's members that are reduced-visibility conditions caused by suspended water droplets, ice crystals or particulate matter near ground level: fog in its several named regional and formation types, mist, haze, smog and the sea smoke that forms over cold water. These share a single defining trait, visibility reduced by something suspended in the near-surface air, distinct from the subcategory's storm and severe-weather group, whose members are defined by an active weather system rather than by reduced visibility alone.

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Fog is a visible aerosol consisting of tiny water droplets or ice crystals held in the air near the Earth's surface. 1
All Fog, Mist and Haze
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1. Fog (Wikipedia)
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Fog is a visible aerosol consisting of tiny water droplets or ice crystals held in the air near the Earth's surface.
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