lines of flight

Honolulu is under a smoggy, gray haze again. Only it is not smog, or haze. It’s vog. This picture was taken today around noon.

Whether arriving via airplane or cruise ship (both pictured above) or living la vida local, these noxious natural fumes fill the lungs. There is no daily vog index popularly reported. Who is studying vog? Is enough being done to warn people of potential dangers?

Here is what our view towards Diamond Head looked like at noon today:

How is it possible that the Air Quality Index for Honolulu today is “good” when it looks like this?!

In comparison, see how clear the horizon is in this sunset video from the same vantage? Even as night falls, you can see a striking difference.

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