The Shard: Mesmerising time-lapse video taken from skyscraper shows fog over London

Francesca Gillett31 October 2016

This mesmerising time-lapse footage taken from the top of the Shard shows a blanket of heavy fog as it swept over London last night.

Thick mist descended on the capital overnight as the Met Office issued a severe weather warning.

Commuters faced delays as train services were cancelled and drivers were told travelling on the city’s roads could be dangerous.

But hundreds of metres above street level, the capital was a picture of calm as this stunning footage taken from the Shard skyscraper shows.

Stunning: Most of London's lights were obscured by the heavy mist.
The Shard

The camera, attached to the iconic 309-metre tall tower, chronicles the heavy fog arriving last night and lasting into this morning.

The team from the Shard, which is the UK's tallest building, said their video shows two angles – one looking over the City of London and the Gherkin, while the second angle shows Tower Bridge and out towards east London.

Beautiful: Skies are clear as the sun rises this morning over the heavy fog obscuring London below.
The Shard

The stunning images show night-time London buried underneath the moving heavy mist before it slowly clears to uncover the capital.

Daybreak: London was completely covered by the thick blanket.
The Shard

Later this morning the fog made way for sunny spells across the capital, with temperatures a lot warmer than expected for this time of year.

The Met Office had forecast the dense fog patches affecting parts of eastern, central and southern England.

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