diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
index f9f1657ea4..1d136b703a 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
@@ -40,10 +40,7 @@ RenderingManager::RenderingManager (OEngine::Render::OgreRenderer& _rend, const
     mMwRoot->pitch(Degree(-90));
     mObjects.setMwRoot(mMwRoot);
     mActors.setMwRoot(mMwRoot);
-    
-    //mSkyManager = 0;
-    mSkyManager = new SkyManager(mMwRoot, mRendering.getCamera());
-    
+        
     //used to obtain ingame information of ogre objects (which are faced or selected)
     mRaySceneQuery = mRendering.getScene()->createRayQuery(Ray());
 
@@ -52,6 +49,9 @@ RenderingManager::RenderingManager (OEngine::Render::OgreRenderer& _rend, const
     Ogre::SceneNode *cameraYawNode = playerNode->createChildSceneNode();
     Ogre::SceneNode *cameraPitchNode = cameraYawNode->createChildSceneNode();
     cameraPitchNode->attachObject(mRendering.getCamera());
+    
+    //mSkyManager = 0;
+    mSkyManager = new SkyManager(mMwRoot, mRendering.getCamera());
 
     mPlayer = new MWRender::Player (mRendering.getCamera(), playerNode);
     mSun = 0;
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ void RenderingManager::configureFog(ESMS::CellStore<MWWorld::RefData> &mCell)
   Ogre::ColourValue color;
   color.setAsABGR (mCell.cell->ambi.fog);
 
-  float high = 4500 + 9000 * (1-mCell.cell->ambi.fogDensity);
+  float high = /*4500 + 9000 * */(1-mCell.cell->ambi.fogDensity);
   float low = 200;
 
   mRendering.getScene()->setFog (FOG_LINEAR, color, 0, low, high);
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/sky.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/sky.cpp
index edc9770465..3e750a94fa 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/sky.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/sky.cpp
@@ -211,8 +211,9 @@ SkyManager::SkyManager (SceneNode* pMwRoot, Camera* pCamera)
 {
     mViewport = pCamera->getViewport();
     mSceneMgr = pMwRoot->getCreator();
-    mRootNode = pMwRoot->createChildSceneNode();
-    mRootNode->setScale(100.f, 100.f, 100.f);
+    mRootNode = pCamera->getParentSceneNode()->createChildSceneNode();
+    mRootNode->pitch(Degree(-90)); // convert MW to ogre coordinates
+    mRootNode->setInheritOrientation(false);
 
     mViewport->setBackgroundColour(ColourValue(0.87, 0.87, 0.87));
     
@@ -345,9 +346,6 @@ SkyManager::SkyManager (SceneNode* pMwRoot, Camera* pCamera)
     mAtmosphereMaterial->getTechnique(0)->getPass(0)->setDepthWriteEnabled(false);
     mAtmosphereMaterial->getTechnique(0)->getPass(0)->setSceneBlending(SBT_TRANSPARENT_ALPHA);
     mCloudMaterial->getTechnique(0)->getPass(0)->setSceneBlending(SBT_TRANSPARENT_ALPHA);
-    
-    mCamera = pCamera;
-    mCamera->setFarClipDistance(500000.f);
 }
 
 SkyManager::~SkyManager()
@@ -358,11 +356,7 @@ SkyManager::~SkyManager()
 }
 
 void SkyManager::update(float duration)
-{
-    // Sync the position of the skydomes with the camera
-    /// \todo for some reason this is 1 frame delayed, which causes the skydome move funnily when the camera moves
-    mRootNode->_setDerivedPosition(mCamera->getParentSceneNode()->_getDerivedPosition());
-    
+{    
     // UV Scroll the clouds
     mCloudMaterial->getTechnique(0)->getPass(0)->getFragmentProgramParameters()->setNamedConstantFromTime("time", 1);
 }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/sky.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/sky.hpp
index 447ab62e48..256d0b4235 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/sky.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/sky.hpp
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ namespace MWRender
         Moon* mMasser;
         Moon* mSecunda;
     
-        Ogre::Camera* mCamera;
         Ogre::Viewport* mViewport;
         Ogre::SceneNode* mRootNode;
         Ogre::SceneManager* mSceneMgr;