With people staying put. Mother Earth must be taking some deep breaths?

[pwb]

Enjoying the chance to try and heal with less pollution ?

Airlines and cruise ships are screwed the news talkers tell us, but they probably helped spread this crap all over earth more than anything.

[Tanuki]

1. Dramatic NASA images over China:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/03/02/nasa-images-chinas-air-pollution-decreased-amid-coronavirus-measures.html

"Satellite images from NASA show a surprising effect of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in China: less air pollution. 

Using pollution monitoring satellites, NASA measured the air's concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a gas that ends up in the air from burning fuel, primarily from cars, trucks, buses and power plants.


From Jan. 1 to 20, and Feb. 10 to 25, researchers saw a "significant decrease" in pollution over Wuhan and the rest of China due at least in part to an "economic slowdown" resulting from the virus outbreak, according to a NASA release. 

The maps above show the density of NO2 concentrations in blue, yellow and orange across China during those time periods. The reduction started in Wuhan, and then spread to the rest of the country, according to NASA.

"This is the first time I have seen such a dramatic drop-off over such a wide area for a specific event," Fei Liu, an air quality researcher at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, said in a NASA release."....(more at link, including NASA photo)

[dalton99a]

2. It's a shame that people can't go outside

[LisaM]

3. Like the week after 9/11

I remember how clear the skies were, and how much quieter it was.