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Jul 12, 2026 · Travel

Chasing fog on the Sintra coastline

Chasing fog on the Sintra coastline

I arrived in Sintra before dawn, three mornings in a row, chasing a fog that only showed up on the last one.

The light there does not arrive so much as seep in — through pine, through stone, through the low cloud that sits on the hills until almost ten. Waiting became the actual work.

What I came back with is not the dramatic shot I had pictured, but something quieter: a coastline that looks like it is still deciding whether to exist.

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Astrid Lune