smogurday

the past few days in hong kong has been very misty and last night it was drizzling with rain. this morning when i woke up i thought it was another rainy day, but on second glance it looked a lot more like pollution...

sure enough, if i look directly up at the sky today i can see some blue but the air at the ground is hazy and cloudy. the first pic above was taken at noon today- by comparison the pic below that was taken on a sunny day about 18 months ago. those mountains are almost exactly three kilometers away.

a quick glance at the hong kong pollution index shows that the pollution du jour is 'respirable suspended particles'. yum!

on days like this i wonder if it's more healthy to stay indoors rather than go out to get some exercise.