Anyways, every spring, northern China, Korea and Japan get covered frequently by dust storms originating from China, called "Yellow Dust" or "Asian Dust" (황사). Today, a huge dust storm hit northern China and Korea. It got so bad that I actually had to turn on the lights at 11:45am because it was so dark. It was like the apocalypse.
I headed out to take some photos, and ended up at the Seoul World Cup Stadium. Here's how it looked.
Above: Seoul World Cup Stadium, around 2pm and with its surroundings colored and sometimes obscured by Yellow Dust.According to the official readings, the warning level today was between "very unhealthy" and "hazardous." It felt like I was in a world where the sun never really shines, like in Blade Runner or something.
Very scary stuff, and today is only the spring equinox -- only the start of the Yellow Dust season.
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That picture looks like Hong Kong today! The newspaper had a picture of people in Beijing, I've never seen anything like it! I'm really glad Daegu doesn't get too much dust, I'm not sure I could handle it!
ReplyDeleteI miss Hong Kong... I was there almost all of February, spending time with family and relatives. It was nice being in a place where I speak both official languages, haha.
ReplyDeleteIt was absolutely insane... I think even Daegu got covered yesterday.
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2010/03/22/201003220082.asp -- it is now officially the worst dust storm recorded... even Daegu got hit hard.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad I was away during the storm!
ReplyDeleteOh man I loved Hong Kong. I really want to live there!
LOL, no, you don't. It's one of the most expensive cities in the world to live in. My relatives in Hong Kong are often telling me to stay away for the housing prices alone.
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