Crescent Bay Point Park | Marina Chetner

Is it possible to see more clearly through the fog?

When I think of Southern California, especially of Orange County, I think of the perpetual sun, the bright air, and colour… colour, colour everywhere. Yet when I was recently confronted with a foggy morning in Laguna Beach, I was reminded once again of the region’s continual weather changes.

Rewind a few years to my home in San Clemente, where the outside would be saturated by the sun one moment, only to be covered under a layer of mist a while later. The fog added mystique; it was a welcome change from the sunny groundhog days.

Here’s a look at the changing faces of Laguna, under the guises of sun and fog. Enjoy.

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With its palm-fringed vistas, wide ocean views, and sun-baked cliffs, Laguna Beach is also known as The Riviera of the Pacific.

Beautiful Heisler Park. Poised on a 17-foot-high bluff, it offers a pristine view of Laguna’s rocky beaches.

Way up in Laguna Hills, 1,000 feet above sea level, is a spot called The Top of the World.

Here, you exist above the clouds.Descend to an elevation of 15 feet to Crescent Bay Point Park and don’t be surprised if it’s wrapped in a blanket of white.