Malaysia - Blue Skies and White Clouds
Woohoo! The gorgeous weather that defines the tropical region is back! No more haze and rainy days. I stepped outside 2 mornings ago, and saw the bluest sky and tuffs of white clouds - lifted my mood instantly!
Now, if you aren't from these parts and are wondering what the haze is, here's a quick 1 min explanation. Every year, the owners of oil palm plantations slash and burn the matured trees in order to clear the land and replant new oil palm trees. Slash and burn is a known agricultural method for clearing land. The problem occures because these are commercial plantations, not your small time land owner and so when you've got 16 plantations burning at the same time -- viola lotsa smoke, ashes which get blown around SE Asia and we don't see the sun for 2-3 weeks.
Naturally, visibility is reduced and it's like you're in a smoky heaven - except it smells bad and people get sick from the air pollution. Here's a photo of Malaysia on a hazy day.
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