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Honestly, I think I mildly prefer the pre-upload-over one, since having that slight bit less fog results in a better composition for the image, instead of just a white streak. However, both would make good FPs. We can do a "which one" at the end of the nomination.
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It's hard to figure out what's what, and at what scale, in that picture. Fog is defined as low-level cloud; it's not clear from the picture what level the cloud is at. It's a routine satellite photo, with nothing particularly interesting about it.
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68:– Dense fog over the Gangetic plains of the Indian Subcontinent, with the Himalayan chain to the north and the Bay of Bengal at bottom right, on 22 December 2012.
57:– Dense fog over the Gangetic plains of the Indian Subcontinent, with the Himalayan chain to the north and the Bay of Bengal at bottom right, on 23 December 2012.
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I found a better image that was taken one day later, which shows denser fog. Uploaded it. Notifying you all about the changes.
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A rare photograph of fog by a satellite. Significant and catchy image in the article
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