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A few minutes before sunrise, a lonely telecom tower braves the raging waves of fog as they plague the "Swiss Plateau".

After the dramatic intro, a few facts - that regular viewers of my images may already know, after all it's my favourite sunrise spot:

Each fall and winter, cold air trapped between the mountain ranges of Alps and Jura forms a quite persistant sea of fog at about 800-900m. Down below, it makes for dull and chilly days, even more frustrating considering that above the fog sunny days with great far view are the rule.

Luckily switzerland is a hilly country and relieve is often just a few minutes drive away. The location for this shot was a 1100m hill-top of the Jura mountains, less than 10km from Olten, the tower is visible from its railway station.