Haze

     An excavator creates a canal in Riau Province, Indonesia, amid smoke caused by forest fires.
© Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace

Many of the paintings of the late 1880's, allegedly including Edvard Munch's iconic The Scream (full title 'The Scream (or Shriek) of Nature'), were influenced by the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883. The paintings of J.M.W. Turner are rightly celebrated for their depictions of the many moods of Mother Nature. This painting is said to have been influenced by the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815.

Chichester Canal

Volcanic eruptions blast gases and particles of debris into the atmosphere and cause global climate anomalies, the weather patterns on which farmers depend, including the light. That's Mother Nature at work.

The photo above is of Man's reckless imitation through forest clearance by fire in Sumatra. Prevailing winds send haze to the neighbouring countries of Malaysia and Singapore.

And this past week, forest fires have peaked again, a month after the governments of our neighbours expressed outrage.