Dust Storm

The weather has been miserable for the past few days, with dust stirred up by strong winds from the desert in north China blanketing Beijing and much of the north east. The sun barely pokes through, everything is a drab yellow color, and visibility is hardly to the end of the street. The air is thick with dust, irritating throat and nose. On the worst day in Beijing (fortunately one I was in Baoding where it wasn't quite so bad) a layer of sand was left covering everything. Today actually felt a little better, since strong winds here blew away the atmospheric sand cloud, and we could actually see blue sky. However the same wind stirred up the recent deposits, so the air was still gritty, and cold too.


Kite Flying in Baoding


Street by BNU


Dusty Car


Clean Me?