Day to day comparison of air clarity

While there are day to day variations in air clarity in the dry season, it never gets as clear & fresh as in the rainy season. Still the differences can be considerable.

Tuesday 6 March 2007

Thursday 8 March 2007

But then it can always get worse again... This is the worst I have *EVER* seen. Note that I completely cannot make out the TOT building anymore. For the close up shot I just had to guess where it was!

Tuesday 13 March 2007

And then near the end of March things started clearing up. April 1 and 2 were really quite clear days for the time of year. On the picture you can see the mountain again. (Keep in mind this picture is taken from the other side of town, from inside town you can actually see trees on the mountain again, and Wat Doi Suthep temple on top..)

Monday 2 April 2007

Then, *FORTUNATELY* the rainy season arrived early this year. What an incredible improvement some rain makes, not just in air clarity but also to nature. The Thai tourism industry stopped using the word 'the rainy season' in favour of 'the green season' for good reason! See below and decide which season you'd rather travel: Dry or Green:

Friday 8 June 2007

6 March 2007	8 March 2007
13 March 2007	2 April 2007
8 June 2007	Encore.. Doi Suthep Temple taken at maximum zoom from all the way across town from the Third Ring.. (includes picture enhancement)

All pictures were taken between noon and 1pm. The close ups of the TOT building have been photographed with maximum optical zoom, then reduced in size to fit this page. Pictures were taken from the Middle Ring Road, between the intersections/underpasses with the New Sankamphaeng Road and the Old Sankamphaeng Road.

Here are the pollution statistics for this period as reported by the government pollution control department. (www.pcd.go.th)

Graph

Some more pictures from downtown around the moat area. Taken on 10 March 2007.

City moat

The Western Moat, looking North

Moat picture detail

Part of the same picture but not reduced in size. In the distance it gets hazier.

Traffic

Traffic approaching the South Western corner of the moat. Note that a lot of trees shed their leaves for the dry season. On the plus side, some start flowering abundantly prior to the end of the dry season.

Traffic Detail

Part of the same picture but not reduced in size. In the distance it gets hazier.

And now for the real scorcher... 13 March, mid day, taken of the Highway 11 "Superhighway" :

13 March 2007

Yikes.. And note how 'sunset' starts early.. Look at the bleak sun compared to how high
up it still is. Normally you wouldn't be able to take this picture directly into the sun.

Sunset starts early

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