Age of Opacity  Crescent Sun

Shanghai's Oriental Pearl Tower during Solar Eclipse

Crescent Sun, Shanghai, 2012

During a solar eclipse, the spheres of Shanghai's most famous sight - the Oriental Pearl Tower - are covered in darkness, and a fiery crescent-shaped sun appears amidst a blazing swirl of clouds. An aptocapyptic image, a harbinger of things to come in a smog-ridden world of climate change and environmental pollution.