Beijing has blue skies almost daily!

(is this one of the "blue sky" days??)

I love this site! I also love how the Chinese government created a system to rate air pollution that yields the following results:

• In July 2008, there were 26 blue sky days (i.e., only 5 days were "somewhat polluted" or above.)

By this standard, there are no polluted days in the United States - not even in San Bernadino County (currently #1 in the U.S. for air pollution).

Anyway, check out the website linked above. The photographer has taken daily shots of the view outside his window for hundreds of days. He also provides Beijing's government-issued pollution ranking for each particular day. Please check it out. You will now excuse me while I go to Costco to buy a gas mask for next week's trip to China.