LA: City of Grime

ChrisJChrisJ Registered Users Posts: 2,164 Major grins
edited October 1, 2006 in Landscapes
Took this yesterday on the way home from work...


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Ick...
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  • mccafmccaf Registered Users Posts: 22 Big grins
    edited September 29, 2006
    Can't wait until rainy season! I wonder how much of this is due to the fire?
  • mmrodenmmroden Registered Users Posts: 472 Major grins
    edited September 29, 2006
    I'd hope lots, but I doubt it.

    Yeah, the rains can't come soon enough.
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  • ChrisJChrisJ Registered Users Posts: 2,164 Major grins
    edited September 29, 2006
    I think it's just a buildup of all the smoke/dust/sand/smog from the summer. But it sure is nasty looking near sunset.

    Thanks for looking and commenting! Some day I'm gonna get a clear shot from this vantage point...
    Chris
  • mccafmccaf Registered Users Posts: 22 Big grins
    edited September 29, 2006
    Can You tell us where this was from?iloveyou.gif
  • W.W. WebsterW.W. Webster Registered Users Posts: 3,204 Major grins
    edited September 29, 2006
    mccaf wrote:
    Can You tell us where this was from?iloveyou.gif
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  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited September 29, 2006
    Actually, most of that is fire related. The inverson layer which allows LA pretty good weather all year round (check that .. when compared to other parts of this country lets make that 'exceptional weather') also traps particilates. The Feds have a standard for particulate air pollutants called PM10. It is believed that even back before the white man came to California that the Los Angeles basin wouldn't pass PM10 (the Native Americans named the LA "The Smokey Valley"). wierd huh...

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  • askme2flashuaskme2flashu Registered Users Posts: 33 Big grins
    edited September 29, 2006
    I live at the foot of the Smokey Moutains, so not that wierd.
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited September 30, 2006
    Seefutlung wrote:
    Actually, most of that is fire related. The inverson layer which allows LA pretty good weather all year round (check that .. when compared to other parts of this country lets make that 'exceptional weather') also traps particilates. The Feds have a standard for particulate air pollutants called PM10. It is believed that even back before the white man came to California that the Los Angeles basin wouldn't pass PM10 (the Native Americans named the LA "The Smokey Valley"). wierd huh...

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    Very interesting bit of history, thanks.
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited September 30, 2006
    shot that from Baldwin Hills ???
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  • ChrisJChrisJ Registered Users Posts: 2,164 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2006
    bfjr wrote:
    shot that from Baldwin Hills ???

    Nope, Bel-Air...

    Nice info, Gary. Seattle also has its share of inversions, but they usually don't last nearly as long!

    Funny, there was an article in the LA Times the other day that the LA Basin has regained the "Smog Capital" of the US title... whoopee!
    Chris
  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2006
    Chris that's really a great view of the city...be sure to shoot it again for us after it rains!!! No doubt the fire has made a mess of things this month...We can see it from Orange looking at the sunsets.
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