At first, I had no idea about what was going on. I just woke up that day to smell smoke in my room. I looked out from my window and found the atmosphere full of haze. The visibility was so low that I couldn't even see the neighbouring condominium clearly. Then, memories that dated back to 1997 flashed my mind. It was the time when Maldives was affected by the "brown cloud". The Indonesian forest fires that caused thick clouds of smoke which reduced the visibility across the region. With that in mind, I began my day.
Later that day, I came to know that this year too it was the forest fires that caused the haze. The fire is said to be setup by the plantation owners to clear the lands. Too bad, whoever did it had no idea about the level of pollution that would cause. I've seen several people wearing masks on the road.. the pollution was that bad!
Above is a picture of the neighbouring golf course I had shot few months back.
Now, compare it with this picture above which I shot recently. Haze! Aarghh!
This is the private housing area nearby. Clear sky with good visibility, eh? Just hold your breathe and compare it with the picture below...
See, how badly the haze affected the visibility!
Later that day, I came to know that this year too it was the forest fires that caused the haze. The fire is said to be setup by the plantation owners to clear the lands. Too bad, whoever did it had no idea about the level of pollution that would cause. I've seen several people wearing masks on the road.. the pollution was that bad!
Above is a picture of the neighbouring golf course I had shot few months back.Now, compare it with this picture above which I shot recently. Haze! Aarghh!This is the private housing area nearby. Clear sky with good visibility, eh? Just hold your breathe and compare it with the picture below...See, how badly the haze affected the visibility!In the end, I ended up buying an air freshener to scent my room, to get rid of the smoke smell. But I'm glad, the pollution is getting better now.
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Thinking that the cause of the forest fires maybe natural, I just checked out news.mongabey.com only to see this: "Forest fires often break out in the region during dry spells because of the spread of illegal land-clearing fires, or carelessly discarded cigarettes". :|
What an absolute nightmare!
environmental destruction. mans self annihilation...
cool comparison photos btw.
Thanks for the article.
Liked the photo comaprision.
huge difference eh...
yo man!! great work!!!
Hmm. Wonder if we're living in the same area by any chance? Coz the view from my apartment looks over a golf course as well and the housing area in your pictures looks very samilar to my view too. Except your pictures seem to be taken from a different angle than my view. Interesting.
oh is it? maybe we're neighbours.. who knows.. Which city are u in?
hehehehe Jaheen & lefish living in two rooms in the same apartment. But good work dude ;)
pollution pollution..mithaa ves pollution, ethaa ves pollution..mulhithaa pollution!
hmmmmmmmmmmmm
eeks, i heard from a friend about the haze, but i didn't know it that this bad... =|
Run for your life dude! Its dying with qualifications or survival!?!!? You make gud decisions doncha ;)
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pollution dho.but nyc pics u got there.keep up the gud work.
wow nice cool stuff here, i just checkd out everything.
nice...nice blog hmmm
Jaheen! where art thou?
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