Andy Foster
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Taj Mahal in the Mist

An early start, a winter haze, and white marble slowly warming in the first light.

Agra, India 12 photos

We got through the gates early, while the mist was still hanging over the gardens and the marble looked more grey than white. As the sun climbed it slowly turned pink, then gold, and the crowds hadn’t yet caught up with it.

The Taj Mahal almost hidden in thick fog at the far end of the long reflecting pool, lined with cypress trees and early visitors.
A low orange sun rising through haze beside the silhouetted red sandstone and marble great gate, with visitors queuing below.
The Taj Mahal at dawn, framed by cypress trees and its four minarets, reflected in a long turquoise pool.
The marble dome, smaller cupolas and two minarets of the Taj Mahal against a pale blue, hazy sky.
Looking up at a corner of the Taj Mahal and a tall marble minaret, with small figures walking along the raised plinth.
Low-angle view framed by the Taj Mahal's carved facade and a minaret, with the domes of the red sandstone mosque fading into mist.
A man photographs the red sandstone mosque with white marble domes from the Taj Mahal's marble terrace on a misty morning.
A man sits against a carved red sandstone archway, with the hazy white Taj Mahal beyond the open courtyard.
A silhouetted figure takes a photo inside a pointed red sandstone arch that frames the Taj Mahal in soft morning haze.
A rhesus macaque walks along a carved sandstone railing towards the camera, with the Taj Mahal pale in the fog behind.
A man sits against a lattice wall taking photos while a troop of macaques walks along the railing right beside him.
Visitors gather on the steps of an inlaid red sandstone doorway while macaques sit on the ledges of the wall above.