Photos: With fog in Dubai, it's all about finding that cosy vantage point

When it comes to catching nature in its elements, Dubai sure offers some vantage points. The city of skyscrapers – including those in the making – is where the slow and undulating spread of the fog can be best captured from. Above, a view from Damac towers by Paramount.

Dubai’s skyscrapers have been shot from all possible angles – but within its confines, and at the top most reaches within them, they offer a bird’s eye perspective on the city, the many changes that keep re-shaping them every other year, and, of course, the fog making its merry way. Above, a view from Damac towers by Paramount.

What is it about fogs that enrapture poets… and the rest of humanity? Is it because they lend themselves to being a mystery that comes in from – seemingly – nowhere and disappears in a few blinks? Above, a view from Damac towers by Paramount.

To capture that majestic movement of this nature’s form, a view-from-the-top is also recommended. These points offer a best perspective – of course, far removed from the action below – in tracing that progress. Above, picture taken from South Ridge in Downtown.

At the ground level, it’s as if you get caught up in the thick of it… and that takes away some of the perspective. But up there in a cosy nook of a Dubai high-rise, one gets the dual sense of being part of the action… and being far removed from it all. Above, view from South Ridge in Downtown.

This is the fog season for Dubai… this is as much a time for getting reacquainted with this marvel created from weather patterns. And to stay safe on the roads. Above, picture taken from Creek Views by Azizi Developments.

But up there in the clouds or secured in the glassy skyscrapers, the thoughts are less to do with safety on the roads and more about capturing that perfect moment of a fog-enveloped city, still waking up from its slumber and getting into active life mode. Above, view from Damac towers by Paramount.

Do you view the onset of the fog season as a nuisance? A time for hazard lights and driving at a glacial pace? Or is the fog and the way it covers the city on fine mornings as pleasure inducing as a walk in the park?

Or would you prefer to be just an armchair viewer perched at the top of any of Dubai’s apartment blocks. Or even from offices… provided you get in early enough. Above, a view from South Ridge in Downtown.

Whatever be the state of mind, just relax and let the fog envelope your senses. Above, Dubai skyline as seen from Damac towers by Paramount.

Construction work in progress at the Creek Views by Azizi Developments.

Morning fog shrouds residential and commercial skyscrapers in the Dubai Marina district of Dubai.

Residential and commercial skyscrapers in the Jumeirah Lakes Towers district of Dubai during early morning fog.