Originally Posted by
WHBM
Oh, you are not allowed to say that, the air of London is officially desperately polluted. Must be right because the Mayor says so, so to avoid being asphyxiated in our beds we all have to give up our cars, the apparent source of it all, and travel only on public transport - which by the most amazing coincidence is a commercial operation of said Mayor, where they are short of money ...
Descriptions of low angle sightings of 200+ miles definitely not allowable.
Generally these severe clear days follow some cleansing heavy rain! On the pollution point, for 15 years I worked variously on the 16/17/18/19/20th floors of a tower block in Croydon with great views of London from Westminster to Heathrow and beyond; after heavy rain/wind, the early morning view in the sunshine was superb. By lunchtime a distinct yellowy-brown stain would be starting to make the buildings less distinct. I once flew in a C150 out of Lasham on a sunny day with a hazy sky. We climbed to about 3000' into an azure sky and a yellow tinge topped the smoggy crap below us...