right as rain

In a few months, the skies will subject their storehouses to being silently emptied. For now, the sound of heavenly cascades is more than enough to put all activity on pause and spend a few minutes just listening.

Harbin lightning

Two friends and I were finishing up a pretty pathetic game of badminton last night when we noticed the wind shifting and distant flashes in the sky. Being from Georgia, I was quick to label it heat lightning. As you can see by the photo, I was wrong.

(I don't know who took the photo, but I found it today through a friend's blog.)

That's not a sepia filter...

Just another sandstorm from Inner Mongolia sweeping through the city.


Photos courtesy of Xinhuanet and China Daily.

BRING IT

Weather report for Saturday evening in Harbin:

Tonight: Bitterly cold. Mostly clear. Dangerous wind chills may approach -45F. Low -23F. Winds WSW at 10 to 20 mph.