Lois in the Sky with Mine Dust — Time Spent on The Loess Plateau, Where All That Loess Comes From

Beijing from an office window.

Loess is the main reason for Beijing’s haze. When the sky looks milky where there are no clouds, and the haze is consistent from the ground to the tops of skyscrapers, this is loess.
I pronounce it Lois–how ’bout you?
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