So what does happen when the sunset you’re photographing gets swallowed whole by the oncoming marine layer?

For those of you who don’t live in California… Marine Layer is fog… I mean, I’m sure there’s a more exact scientific explanation for it… but for all practical purposes, it’s a big mass of fog that steams its way in from the Pacific with a good bit of regularity out here.

And since it’s wandering in from the same place the sun is setting… sometimes you end up with what I had during my trip to Morro Bay. The sun didn’t so much set as… well, get fogged out.

There was a bit of golden hour before both Morro Rock and the sun disappeared from view entirely… and I’m really glad I was there to witness it.