Halny provided unearthly views. The tourists were delighted
Internet users showed off photos from the Tatra Mountains and the Karkonosze Mountains. An unusual phenomenon occurred in the Polish mountains due to strong winds.
The landscapes that tourists could admire in the Tatra Mountains and the Karkonosze Mountains during the last 24 hours give us chills. Very strong winds blow in the Polish mountains and foothill areas, which led to the formation of the so-called fen embankments over the peaks, providing guests of popular resorts with out-of-this-world views. Poles shared their observations online. Videos and photos taken by tourists have conquered the Internet.
Zakopane is like something out of a fairy tale
Giewont, shrouded in clouds, visible from Zakopane, is one of the most common photos published in the last 24 hours by tourists visiting the capital of the Polish Tatra Mountains. The mountains covered in white and thick clouds looked both beautiful and terrifying. The reason for this unusual sight was the mountain wind, which is caused by the movement of warm air masses heading perpendicularly to a natural barrier, which in this case is a mountain massif.
“The forced rising of air along the slope causes adiabatic cooling of moist air masses, which then results in condensation of water vapor and precipitation,” we read on the zpe.gov website. This is how all foehn winds are created – including the one that hit the Karkonosze Mountains yesterday. The reason for their formation now is the warm air masses traveling to Poland from Spain – thanks to them this week we can enjoy exceptionally good weather for October.
Internet users were delighted with the new face of the mountains
It didn’t take long for Internet users to react. The photos shared by tourists collected tens of thousands of likes and hundreds of comments. Although most of them expressed admiration for the uniqueness of the phenomenon, some focused on the unpredictability of nature and the danger that may accompany high-mountain expeditions during strong winds. “That’s when we were on Giewont. It was windy today,” writes one of the commenters, and another one admits that he experienced equally strong gusts in the Bieszczady Mountains. “Cloud banks: however, it is safer to admire from a distance – on the peaks the wind can reach up to 100 kilometers per hour.