Jaw-Dropping Images of a 'Sea of Clouds'
SoraNews24
Japan’s Chichibu region is located at the western end of Saitama Prefecture, with Tokyo bordering its southern edge. With majestic mountains, lush forests, and relaxing hot springs, Chichibu can feel like a separate world from Tokyo. In fact Chichibu can feel like a separate planet as captured by photography enthusiast Kazuki Sato.
こんなんやばいやん…#秩父雲海 pic.twitter.com/g7qIQT4g8r
— Kazuki Sato (@kaz_55oo) March 3, 2017
Unkai, meaning “sea of clouds,” is an atmospheric phenomenon in which the cloud cover becomes so thick and rolling that it looks like the ocean. Mount Fuji is largely considered to offer Japan’s most beautiful unkai view, but as Sato’s photos show, Minoyama Park is no slouch either in the unkai department.
With the lights of the far-off city and industrial area illuminating the fog in an array of soft pinks, blues, and other hues, Sato’s photographs have an ethereal quality that makes them look like something out of the hyper-stylized environments of a Final Fantasy video game.
「まほろばファクトリー」
— もっさん (@Naaaassom) March 3, 2017
秩父の雲海製造工場を撮ってきました。
雲海を透過して輝く街灯りは相変わらず幻想的で美しかったです。#秩父雲海 #美の山公園 pic.twitter.com/L7yLpdSMPV
Sato wasn’t the only one out at Minoyama Park that night either, as several other nocturnal shutterbugs shared snapshots of their own.
雲海 秩父 / 2017.03.03
— 橋塚大輔 (@HashizukaDesign) March 2, 2017
『SEA OF CLOUDS IN CHICHIBU』03/03/2017
秩父ミューズパーク 展望台
美の山公園 展望台
秩父盆地を幻想な世界へと導き出す雲の織りなす芸術『秩父雲海』 pic.twitter.com/8z1n9jAWnp
Just look at that gorgeous view!
「Fantastic Night」
— みちすけ@今は猛禽カメラマン (@yukke2501) March 3, 2017
刻一刻と表情の変わる雲海の姿はまさに幻想的な夜でした。
この日の美の山には好き者の変態が沢山集合しました。
D5+AF-S NIKKOR 58mmf/1.4G
#秩父雲海 #ファインダー越しの私の世界 #夜景 #秩父 #Nikon pic.twitter.com/iKM4q7ZwfL
The Minoyama Park website lists November and April as the best times to see the area’s sea of clouds. That means as beautiful as these photos are, the view might be even more breathtaking in a few weeks, and since the park has plenty of cherry blossom trees that bloom in mid-April, next month sounds like the ideal time to visit.
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