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Fog Bridge 2013, Artist: Fujiko Nakaya, A Japanese Artist, Exploratorium, Pier 15, San Francisco, California

Modest Sign
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The exhibit was credited using a modest sign, attached to a steel rail, that read, "Fog Bridge by Fujiko Nakaya."


Fog Bridge 2013 external link   •  Artist: Fujiko Nakaya external link   •  A Japanese Artist external link   •  Exploratorium external link   •  Pier 15 external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 16:06:29 Friday 11 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Saturday 26 October 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_3960
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It's Own Fog
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The bridge generated its own fog, no matter how clear and sunny the day. Most of the fog rose to engulf the bridge, while some of the fog settled down onto the bay water.


Fog Bridge 2013 external link   •  Artist: Fujiko Nakaya external link   •  A Japanese Artist external link   •  Exploratorium external link   •  Pier 15 external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 16:04:54 Friday 11 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Saturday 26 October 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_3951
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People Engulfed
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People, standing or walking on the bridge, were engulfed in fog causing them to totally or partly vanish.


Fog Bridge 2013 external link   •  Artist: Fujiko Nakaya external link   •  A Japanese Artist external link   •  Exploratorium external link   •  Pier 15 external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 16:04:56 Friday 11 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Saturday 26 October 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_3952
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Shot From Jets
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The fog was generated by forcing water out through microscopic jets. The microscopic water particles behaved like fog.


Fog Bridge 2013 external link   •  Artist: Fujiko Nakaya external link   •  A Japanese Artist external link   •  Exploratorium external link   •  Pier 15 external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 16:05:33 Friday 11 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Saturday 26 October 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_3954
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About To Vanish
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A woman walked across the bridge and was about to vanish into an artificial bank of fog.


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From The Bridge
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A view from the bridge, wherein the fog fled over the bay water and slowly evaporated.


Fog Bridge 2013 external link   •  Artist: Fujiko Nakaya external link   •  A Japanese Artist external link   •  Exploratorium external link   •  Pier 15 external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 16:06:14 Friday 11 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Saturday 26 October 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_3959
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The Sign
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A sign near the bridge described how it was created: "A microscopic pin in each nozzle atomizes the water into billions of ultra-fine fog droplets."


Fog Bridge 2013 external link   •  Artist: Fujiko Nakaya external link   •  A Japanese Artist external link   •  Exploratorium external link   •  Pier 15 external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 16:06:45 Friday 11 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Saturday 26 October 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_3961
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The Schedule
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Another sign showed the schedule for the bridge:

Fog Bridge is active:
• Daily at 10:00 a.m., noon, 2:00 and 4:00 p.m.
• Thursday Evenings at 7:00 p.m.
Fog Bridge uses desalinated water from the Bay.


Fog Bridge 2013 external link   •  Artist: Fujiko Nakaya external link   •  A Japanese Artist external link   •  Exploratorium external link   •  Pier 15 external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 16:06:54 Friday 11 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Saturday 26 October 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_3962
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Drama
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The Fog Bridge created a drama that harkened back to San Francisco's pre-industrial days, when a sea fog would engulf the entire city in a pea-soup thick fog.


Fog Bridge 2013 external link   •  Artist: Fujiko Nakaya external link   •  A Japanese Artist external link   •  Exploratorium external link   •  Pier 15 external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 16:07:34 Friday 11 October 2019)   •  (Date Published: Saturday 26 October 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_3968
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