{"id":2943574,"date":"2025-10-16T11:38:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2943574"},"modified":"2025-10-16T11:38:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:38:11","slug":"ethereal-mist","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/ethereal-mist","title":{"rendered":"Ethereal Mist"},"author":4551,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[761972,23201,26451,23161,765852],"industry":[],"product":[421922],"class_list":["post-2943574","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-art","tag-cartographic-design","tag-cartography","tag-maps","tag-mountains","product-arcgis"],"acf":{"short_description":"Sometimes a map just needs mist.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2><em>Five days of Halloween<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3>Day 2<\/h3>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/mountain-veins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mountain vein project<\/a> was a huge success, but now you need to add some ethereal mist to the terrain. Naturally, your first thought is: how much mist is too much!<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>ONE:<\/strong> Gather some terrain. Try the terrain service in ArcGIS Online.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>TWO:<\/strong> Tint the terrain red.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2943575,"id":2943575,"title":"Red Terrain","filename":"terrain.png","filesize":3425737,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/terrain.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/ethereal-mist\/terrain-7","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"terrain-7","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2943574,"date":"2025-10-16 17:30:29","modified":"2025-10-16 17:30:49","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1770,"height":835,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/terrain-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/terrain.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":219,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/terrain.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":362,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/terrain.png","large-width":1770,"large-height":835,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/terrain-1536x725.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":725,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/terrain.png","2048x2048-width":1770,"2048x2048-height":835,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/terrain-826x390.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":390,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/terrain.png","wide_image-width":1770,"wide_image-height":835}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>THREE:<\/strong> Now for the mist. Add the same terrain to the map again. Go to the properties and flip the colour ramp.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2943577,"id":2943577,"title":"styling options","filename":"styling-options.jpg","filesize":20825,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/styling-options.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/ethereal-mist\/styling-options","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"styling-options","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2943574,"date":"2025-10-16 17:37:22","modified":"2025-10-16 17:37:22","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":382,"height":224,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/styling-options-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/styling-options.jpg","medium-width":382,"medium-height":224,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/styling-options.jpg","medium_large-width":382,"medium_large-height":224,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/styling-options.jpg","large-width":382,"large-height":224,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/styling-options.jpg","1536x1536-width":382,"1536x1536-height":224,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/styling-options.jpg","2048x2048-width":382,"2048x2048-height":224,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/styling-options.jpg","card_image-width":382,"card_image-height":224,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/styling-options.jpg","wide_image-width":382,"wide_image-height":224}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>FOUR:<\/strong> Blend this terrain using the Hard Light mode. Hard Light is a great blend option as it combines the multiply and screen modes. The mist is beginning to settle.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2943578,"id":2943578,"title":"Mist level 1","filename":"Mist-minus4.png","filesize":3399604,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mist-minus4.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/ethereal-mist\/mist-minus4","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"mist-minus4","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2943574,"date":"2025-10-16 17:39:18","modified":"2025-10-16 17:39:39","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1769,"height":835,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mist-minus4-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mist-minus4.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":219,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mist-minus4.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":363,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mist-minus4.png","large-width":1769,"large-height":835,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mist-minus4-1536x725.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":725,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mist-minus4.png","2048x2048-width":1769,"2048x2048-height":835,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mist-minus4-826x390.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":390,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mist-minus4.png","wide_image-width":1769,"wide_image-height":835}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>FIVE:<\/strong> Copy this layer and add it to the map again and again and again and again.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2943580,"id":2943580,"title":"Mist","filename":"Mist.png","filesize":3214009,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mist.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/ethereal-mist\/mist","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"mist","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2943574,"date":"2025-10-16 17:42:47","modified":"2025-10-16 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Why not animate and show the mist filling the lowlands.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2943595,"id":2943595,"title":"Misty","filename":"Misty.gif","filesize":8473589,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Misty.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/ethereal-mist\/misty","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"misty","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2943574,"date":"2025-10-16 18:06:52","modified":"2025-10-16 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is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/how-to-add-mist-to-terrain-in-arcgis-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another<\/a> mist tutorial you can try that uses a different blending technique.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t get too lost in the mist. There are several other Halloween maps to come!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":4551,"user_firstname":"Wesley","user_lastname":"Jones","nickname":"Wesley Jones","user_nicename":"wesjones","display_name":"Wes Jones","user_email":"WJones@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:16:10","user_description":"What time is it? 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