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In both cases, the phenomenon looks very similar to the open ocean. The comparison is even more complete if some mountain peaks rise above the clouds, thus resembling islands.
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A sea of clouds forms generally in valleys or over seas in very stable
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Description of layer of clouds as viewed from above, resembling waves
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at night in summer, or advection of cold air in winter or in a
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Index

Sea of fog
Mare Nubium
Sea fog (disambiguation)

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Classification
Precipitation

Mount Pulag
Philippines
overcast
stratocumulus clouds
stratus clouds
fog
air mass
temperature inversion
high-pressure area
radiative cooling
marine layer
Huangshan
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
oil painting
German Romantic
Caspar David Friedrich
World Meteorological Organization
"Sea of clouds"
the original
World Meteorological Organization
"Sea of fog"
the original

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