Swiss Lake

Two views of Lake Brienz in Switzerland.Although taken about same time, one end of the lake developed a strange white 'haze' even though it was a glorious sunny day. I don't know if this is common but I found it quite eerie.
Peter.

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Those are nice shots - also as a demonstration of the effects of 'nice Swiss weather'. The main reason of the apparent difference in hazyness is the sun angle. The pictures were taken in the moring hours, before noon. The 'hazy' picture is taken towards the sun. The visible haze is caused by the 'forward scatter' of sunlight by the tiny water droplets of the slight haze. A similar amount of haze covers also the remaining area of the lake, but it is almost invisble because the backscatter and the 'side scatter' of light is much weaker compared to the 'forward scatter'. So far the physical explanation.
I have seen similar things at some of my panoramic pictures covering 360 degrees:
http://www.pbase.com/e​s839145/image/34966859

Ernst - Switzerland

Thanks for the explanation Ernst.My shots look tame alongside Your wonderful Pano shots I'm afraid!
Peter.

Number two is captivating.

wow... reminds me of Lake Como.

great shots. Number two just pulls me in, its very nice looking.

Here we call that stuff fog. Same explanation. Haze is much more sinister.

If you call this fog, what word do you have for real fog? The stuff that gives you a visibility of anything between only a hundred feet up to half a mile?
What you see in these pictures is a thin 'veil' that still gives you a visibility of more than five miles to see the details of the shapes of the mountains through that "stuff". Of course it's all relative. If you live in a hot and dry desert you may call this thin and light see-through stuff "fog", because you would not have many chances to see real fog.
So many things in life are relative, also some expressions in our language.