Same phenomenon can be observed in mountain ranges, for the same reason; in this case, the “mountains” are man-made.
Very cool picture! Reminds me of the movie, “The Fog”.
Without aviation and photography, this is a phenomena that we probably not know or perhaps be able to appreciate.
As the Bard says in Hamlet; "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Who knew?
With the dewpoint temperature level just a few feet above the ground...
--As soon as the moist ocean breeze is lifted above the "upslope" from the sea level to the land surface (and over the buildings)...
...the rising air cools just enough to reach the dewpoint--and voila--the moisture becomes visible as thin fog;
Thence-- this same air descends behind the building--back down the very few feet to the lower, warmer level, and the moisture is evaporated becoming invisible.
So the fog is actually forming on the seaside -- and dissipating on the land side of the beach condos.
It appears to hover-- or be rolling over the shore and buildings...
These are verrry cool photos...
Famous Bluefield photo:
Stratocumulus Standing Lenticulars.
I grew up in the South Bay Area (Silicon Valley). We saw this all the time in the “mountains” to our south and along the peninsula. We called it our natural air conditioning system.