Ice Fishing
Today has not been a good air day. Although we’ve had our share, today just wasn’t one of them.The AQI is at 377 right now (anything above 300 is considered hazardous), and I wouldn’t doubt it if it...
View ArticleQ&A: Do China’s Cities Have the World’s Worst Air Pollution?
Q: Do China’s cities have the world’s worst air pollution? A: No. Q: Umh, what about all those articles about the subject? A. Most of the articles regarding China’s air pollution problem (and there...
View ArticleThe View from a Lobby Window
Taken yesterday around 6:30 pm. A lot of reworking because of the contrast differences between inside and out, as well as the window being fairly dirty. That said, still pretty close to what I saw....
View ArticleBBC Pollution Bias
I took this picture a few hours ago as I was leaving work. Yet another beautiful summer day in Beijing. Blue skies, white clouds, low air pollution (currently at 50 AQI). The Chinese government today...
View ArticleBrown, White, and Blue
I looked up when leaving the apartment complex a few days ago, and saw this. One of the nice things of having a camera with me on a fairly regular basis. :) Today’s weather, unfortunately, is a bit...
View ArticleThe BBC is Lying
So, I made a complaint to the BBC about them using an archived photograph of a day with horrible air pollution in Beijing, instead of a current one (we had excellent weather for the better part of a...
View ArticleParty World
Reflections of clouds and blue sky in the glass of our neighborhood Party World KTV. I got lucky with the alignment of the clouds not in the reflection. Oh, the AQI over the past 24 hours was...
View ArticleBuilding. Wires. Clouds. Sky.
And, just like that, the white clouds and blue skies are back here in the northern capital of the middle kingdom. I took this picture around 3 pm, when the AQI was 57 (Moderate). You can see a...
View ArticleAnhui Tower
Taken with my iPhone five days ago, on what was a beautiful blue-sky day. Today, unfortunately, is not such a day. The aqi at the US Embassy is at 429 as I write this (the scale tops-out at 500), and...
View ArticleBird’s Nest in December
The Bird’s Next in December. Continuing with the absolutely wonderful weather we’ve had many days this month.Filed under: Beijing Youjian Tagged: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, AQI, Asia, beijing national...
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