Excuse me while I kiss the sky ...
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Nanjing鈥檚 purple haze has put a spell on social media as much of the country suffers its latest bout of choking smog.
Buildings in the eastern city loomed large against a violet sky in pictures that circulated widely online.
The tint seemed to be the result of a particularly colorful sunset refracted by the cloud of pollution that settled over the city earlier this week.
Counts of PM2.5 鈥 the harmful microscopic particles that can penetrate deep into the lungs 鈥 peaked at 370 micrograms per cubic meter yesterday, according to official data.
The World Health Organization鈥檚 recommended maximum exposure is 25 over a 24-hour period.
The purple pictures left many seeing red. Chinese anger at pollution has grown to new levels following a December that has seen some of the worst smog in years.
Beijing declared its first maximum red pollution alert earlier this month, after a thick haze rolled into the capital, blocking the sun.
Nanjing鈥檚 purple haze, reminiscent of the Jimi Hendrix classic, had social media users worried at the implications of the psychedelic sunset.
鈥淭his is comparable to the London smog during the industrial revolution,鈥 was one online comment, a reference to toxic clouds that covered the UK capital in the early 1950s.
Others considered the city's colourful smog to be a gas.
鈥淟et's go to Nanjing and inhale that haze,鈥 was one comment that probably would have been appreciated by the drug-loving Hendrix.
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