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Is high humidity the culprit here or pollution? In such climates, the same poor visibility can be apparent in the countryside, with no nearby industry! I question whether this image depicts what it purports! The colour does suggest some pollution to my untrained eyes, but its proportion (vs humidity) is not clear. This article about the Beijing olympics [1] points out such a confusion. Preconceptions affect judgement. To quote from the article, "The fog is generated by heavy humidity rather than skyrocketing levels of pollution, according to COC climatologist Doug Charko.... If you were on a tropical island with the best air quality, you'd get that hazy appearance because of the humidity."

I was there, and it was horrific pollution that Beijing is so well known for. --Bobak (talk) 06:40, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Edit/Photoshop

Did you edit the color tones and brightness balancing of the pictures? Especially the one on the left - it looks like it has been brightened. 115.64.132.128 (talk) 13:00, 9 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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