Why ISN'T the sky blue?

When you go out to the countryside or are in the wilds of Tibet and you see how clear blue the sky is, you really have to say to yourself "so, this is what the sky is supposed to look like"? It got me thinking, should kids who grow up in urban areas with smog, pollution, etc., instead of asking their parents/teachers "why is the sky blue?" actually be asking "why ISN'T the sky blue?"

Here are a few more Tibet landscape pictures, including one more of Everest with cool cloud in front.







One more reason why you'll want a professional driver in Tibet: when you are stuck in the middle of scrubland/desert and there isn't a single person or manmade structure within sight (and this is with a view of at least 5 kms in every direction) and you're faced with 3 dirt paths to choose from, you're gonna want to have someone there who knows what they're doing; otherwise you've got a long, lonely night in your car in the middle of nowhere ahead of you.

There were many times in Tibet when I simply couldn't get the song "We're on the road to nowhere" out of my head. I can't imagine why that was.



The view of Everest from the Nepal side is much different. You definitely don't get the clarity you get on the Tibet side. From Nepal, the snow capped peak just looks like a really strange looking cloud.





OK, I think that's enough blogging for today.