April Fool's Day (I know 'twas yesterday) … let's collect fog to drink – shall we?!
Fog collection in Atacama Desert, Chile
Yes – it's real … fog has been collected over aeons, while in human times traced back to the 13th century Inca Empire … fog was collected for their water requirements … from trees dripping their moisture into containers placed underneath the foliage from the coastal mists and fogs …
Strange but true … and those early humans, of course, realised that nature offered this ancient practice … from the small-scale drinking pools of condensation collected in plant stems, to these Namib beetles … all do it!
The Racingstripe Darkling Beetle,
Namibia. (stenocara gracilipes)
Also the Redwood forests survive particularly due to the addition of condensation on needles which drip into the trees' root stems …
Fog collecting has been devised using stone piles in Ukraine, medieval dew ponds in southern England and volcanic stone covers on the fields of Lanzarote …
One of the first recent projects was in 1969 in South Africa … the collector is made up of three major parts: the frame, the mesh netting, and the trough of basin …
Fog Collection
Mist or fog amongst
Red Forest
The design is adjusted according to the area – geography, the mesh has to be appropriate, while the frame size can vary as necessary …
You're lucky … I will not try and work out how much, etc etc … I'd probably be here in a few years still pondering!!
Cloud Forest in Sri Lanka
Building-integrated fog collectors into architectural elements is an ongoing emerging technology … we are still learning …
Fog can be harvested in the Atacama and Namib Deserts … fog fences … and surprisingly in Canada: where fog collecting devices were deployed on Mont Sutton in Quebec to study the constituents of the fog.
Village - Ait Baamrane, bordering
the Sahara Desert, Morocco
Men and Women collect potable water
from fog and mists
Fog Collection - Wikipedia - see Quebec information here
Fog-Harvesting - c/o UN Climate Technology Centre & Network ...
Humans are behind the curve, but 'suddenly' we realise we could learn from our ancestors and their environment … we do not appreciate that which we have … thank goodness for scientists and people who are curious … always looking to improve life for all …
Hilary Melton-Butcher
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