As someone who lived here for a year now, I mentioned that the air is quite bad sometimes and its not even summer yet.
I get it, lots of cars, no wind etc, but has it always been like this?
https://i.redd.it/p0926eac50rg1.jpeg
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That looks like dust from the sahara
is this Aalst? then yes
The sky is just grey and cloudy where I am. This looks like a yellowish filter on your camera.
https://preview.redd.it/oktiyl3g60rg1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a76b9c1bbd88ac716bfea4eef7f9390739620c88
There you go friend, you can breath easy again.
What Mexican movie you in?
As an archaeologist I can tell you that yes, even the prehistoric hunter-gatherers had to deal with pollution in their cities unfortunately. So don’t worry, it’s totally not a recent phenomenon linked to industrialisation, transport exhausts and other pollution.
Though to be a bit more accurate, deforestation and pollution started in or even before the Roman period. I’m not sure how much worse pollution has got in the last couple decades, but I highly doubt it’s been decreasing.
I thought the switched Cockerill-Sambre off a few years ago and it doesn’t look like that anymore
Lentesmog
[Lentesmog teistert opnieuw de lucht: Wat is het?](https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2026/03/23/daar-is-lentesmog-weer-fijnstof-door-bemesting-en-verkeer/)
“Particulate matter levels in the air peaked last week, and we will experience elevated concentrations again today and tomorrow. This is due to an old acquaintance that rears its head almost every year: spring smog. It is caused by a combination of fertilizing farmers, emissions from cars and wood stoves, pollen, and stable spring weather, and is particularly bad news for people with lung and heart conditions.”
It used to be a lot worse. It’s pretty windy today so smog shouldn’t be a problem now.
Bro has taken dad’s 1970 camera
Wrong filter
It’s called ‘lentesmog’. VRT did an article on it: Lentesmog teistert opnieuw de lucht: wat is het?
https://vrtnws.be/p.JNBQ63Vka
My dear OP, you haven’t lived in Skopje, Macedonia in winter times to see (literally see) air pollution.
Blyat
Nop l have memories of fresh air…when I was a kid.
There are a lot of pollen. I cleaned some windows and it was al green coming off.
Also my eyes are watery, my sinusses are complaining and I am so bloody tired all the time while my head is hyper and I hate it. I started ring fit on switch again to do some indoor activity bc the moment I go outside it feels like being hit by a hammer… friggin tree sperm.
Looks like yellow dust season in Korea.
Air quality in Belgium has been improving for decades.