And on Thursday at the Grand Canyon, recent rains in the region provided the moisture necessary for the fog to develop. The diagram below gives some sense of what an inversion looks like.

Visitors to Grand Canyon National Park in recent days were treated to a special sight as rare atmospheric behavior filled the canyon with fog. Known as an inversion layer, a cap of warm air sat on ...

On Thursday, a thick fog filled Arizona’s Grand Canyon—a rare weather phenomenon called a “total cloud inversion.” The fog’s exceptional fluffiness turned the canyon into a mystical sea ...

The Grand Canyon Is Being Stolen By a Sea of Fog. It may be what it looked like millennia ago. Mary Papenfuss Bio. Share on Facebook; Share on Twitter; Share on Bluesky; Email; Comments ...

A time-lapse video from the Grand Canyon National Park shows thick fog and cloud rolling across the top of the Canyon, at times making it impossible to see anything, ...

Visitors to the Grand Canyon witnessed a rare sight this week: the canyon was overflowing with dense fog. Called an inversion, it started last week. "We are currently experiencing an after ...

The Grand Canyon, which wends 277 miles along a sinuous path, became a national park in 1919; at that time some 44,173 visitors enjoyed the billions of years of history tucked into its colorful rocks.

The Grand Canyon was a little grander Thursday, in a very different, unusual way: It was fogged in. At least if you were standing on the rim.

The Grand Canyon was a little grander Thursday in a very different, unusual way: It was fogged in. At least, if you were standing on the rim. The rare climatic event was caused by what ...