Voyage Vixens

Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere...

  • Home
  • About
    • Media Kits
  • EAT + DRINK + WELLNESS
    • Baby Voyage
    • Drink Me
    • Eat Me
    • For the Health of It
  • INSPIRE
    • Hidden Gems
    • Non-Profit
    • Quotes
    • Spa Me
    • Travel Advice
    • Travel Fashion
    • Travel News
    • Travel Tales
  • Reviews
    • Adventure
    • Gear
    • Hotel
  • STAY + PLAY
    • Accomodations
    • Adventure Travel
    • Arts | Culture
    • Beach Slap Me
    • Cruise Travel
    • Educational Travel
    • Gear | Travel Tech
    • Music | Film
  • Videos

Adrift Time-Lapse Video: A Love Letter to San Francisco

July 22, 2013 By VoyageVixens Leave a Comment


Photographer Simon Christen created the 4-minute Adrift time-lapse video that shows the majesty of the fog rolling in along the California coast, blanketing everything, including the entire iconic Golden Gate Bridge. The Golden Gate bridge is one of the U.S.’s most iconic landmarks and Adrift is like a visual ode of poetry to its beauty.

To achieve this, Christen would wake at 5 a.m. and head from his home in Oakland to the mountains to shoot between two and five hours of footage. Some mornings, though, the fog would also either be too low or too high, or be vanished by the time he reached his chosen point. Thus explaining why it took him two years to create the four-minutes of epic footage.

“Adrift is a love letter to the fog of the San Francisco Bay Area. I chased it for over two years to capture the magical interaction between the soft mist, the ridges of the California coast and the iconic Golden Gate Bridge,” Christen wrote on the Vimeo site where he uploaded the video.

Adrift from Simon Christen on Vimeo.

What Causes Fog in San Francisco?

As depicted so beautifully in the Adrift time-lapse video, the frequency of fog and low-lying stratus clouds is due to a particular combination of factors peculiar to the region. The hot inland air rises and the heavier cold ocean air rushes in to replace it. This flow from the high to the low pressure zone pulls the fog through the Golden Gate passage and into the Bay.

To have your own Adrift experience, head HERE to find out the best spots to watch the fog roll into the city.

We’ve experienced our own romance with San Francisco. From our visit earlier this year, our tributes to the City by the Bay:

7 Best San Francisco Quotes

From San Francisco with Love (Photo Gallery)

Best Bars in San Francisco 

Golden Gate Bridge Tribute

Photo and video by Simon Christen

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)

Filed Under: INSPIRE Tagged With: adrift time lapse video, featured, San Francisco

Voyage Like Vixens!

Subscribe to our email to get the latest news, travel tips, tricks of the trade, and our most recent posts delivered straight to your inbox monthly.

We never spam! It belongs in a can and not your email.

Follow Us!

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

WHO ARE THE VIXENS?

Lanee Lee and Lindsay Taub of Voyage Vixens

Hi! We're Lanee and Lindsay. You may have gotten to this page because you're intrigued by the word "vixens" or maybe you found some of our porn online (#travelporn, that is!). Either way, we are fully aware we are not what you typically think of when you hear the word "vixen", i.e. boobalicious babe wearing skintight minidresses in 6-inch heels. In our book, you don't need DDs to be a VV. To us -- vixens are smart and sassy women (and men, why not?!) who take action, scared sh**less or not, to turn their dreams into realities. Now you know a little about us; we'd like to get to know you. Connect with us on twitter, instagram, google+, pinterest, youtube, Facebook, tumblr, and periscope! (yes, we're on them all...#sorrynotsorry)

Got a Story to Tell?

We want to hear it! We're now accepting guest blog posts. Send us your travel tale—be it hilarious, heartwarming or horrifying— to [email protected]. Promise, you'll hear from us in less than 48 hours.

Lowell Thomas Award

Lowell Thomas Award

2014 NATJA Award

2014 NATJA Award

Voyage Vixens Instagram

Good girls go to heaven. Bad girls go everywhere." ~ Mae West

Voyage Vixens™ is a travel blog and YouTube series dedicated to food, drink, adventure, travel, and pursuing passions, be it motherhood or motorcars, barbecue or barhopping.

> Contact | Advertise

If you'd like us to visit you, let us know! We're always on the search for our next great destination and adventure... For advertising, promotional, or sponsorship opportunities, please email us at
[email protected].

Media Kit

Voyage Vixens Media Kit

> ARCHIVES

Copyright © 2025 · Voyage Vixens
Maintained by Los Angeles WordPress Developer, DigiSavvy

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.