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Satellite picture of smog bank trapped on China coast, taken November 6, 2009. Source: NASA
If you rolled out of bed this today clawing at your throat like a French legionnaire in the Sahara, you might not be crazy: it might be the air. This jaw-dropping photo from NASA (taken November 6) charts the progress of a temperature inversion (i.e. smog bank) that has been trapped on China's coast for the past week.
That noise you hear? Your lungs, sobbing like babies.
Source: NASA Observatory
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That area looks to be about 500km north of Shanghai. Beijing's air quality is notorious, but how is it around Shanghai?
Officially, not too bad. The current API is 47-61, depending on your district. Still not great by global standards, but far, far better than Beijing.
http://www.semc.gov.cn/home/index.aspx
@ Andrew
Don't believe the official reports, if you could see what the sensors at the Japanese, US and S. Korean consulates and embassies report, you'd find much higher numbers.
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