Hong Kong Island's neon-lit metropolis of steel and glass towers is abruptly contained by sheer, verdant hills which offer an immediate refuge from the madding crowds below. Peculiar to this condensed island city, you can be dodging rush hour traffic one hour and strolling beside a murmuring brook the next, with soothing birdsong and floral scents permeating the air in place of blaring horns and traffic fumes.
Air pollution at or near record levels in Hong Kong on Monday was caused by a sandstorm from northern China, environmental officials said.
Skies over Beijing turn orange as the Chinese capital is hit with a sandstorm.
Perveen Crawford became Hong Kong's first female pilot in 1995 and is soon to be Hong Kong's first female astronaut when she blasts off to sub-orbital space as a paying customer on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipOne.
Under a rare clear Hong Kong sky, 3,000 people sit in high humidity in an open-air theater perched atop of the South China Sea.
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