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As others have stated it’s directly tied to geography. For the same effect in a far more dramatic way look at Kabul. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/afgh
by austincheney 6y ago
As others have stated it’s directly tied to geography. For the same effect in a far more dramatic way look at Kabul.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/afghanistanair-pollution-more-dangerous-than-civil-war/1690496 https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/afghanistanair-polluti...
Kabul’s geography resembles an elevated bowl much like Oregon’s Crater Lake. Just like the SLC area Kabul’s air pollution problem is magnified during the winter.
- walrus01 6y agoIn some ways, mid-winter Kabul reminds me a lot of Blade Runner. It's 9:30 pm, pitch black outside, the air is choking with dust and smog from people burning literally everything possible to stay warm. Visibility is less than a city block. You're rolling through an area with some neon lit wedding halls and suddenly there's a giant lit up billboard with 4G LTE mobile phone advertising on it next to a dozen artificial plastic fuschia/green/blue neon lit palm tree in front of a banquet hall. You drive onwards, your colleague in the passenger seat clutching their rifle between their legs, barrel resting on the floor.