Driving home late last night, the thick fog rendered familiar landscapes unrecognizable. It blanketed cars, billboards and traffic dividers, blurring their outlines into amorphous watercolor shapes. The glow of the street lamps filtered through and illuminated water particles in the air. Their incandescence was almost tangible. Skyscrapers crowned by a halo of light melted into the atmosphere. Muffled by the density of it, the sounds of the night faded away. For a fleeting moment, the universe seemed to stand still.