pea-souper
Thick London fog
A pea-souper is a thick, yellowish fog, especially the coal-smoke fogs that plagued London and other industrial cities through the mid-20th century.
The name comes from the fog's resemblance to pea soup in color and density.
The term is chiefly British and now somewhat dated, as clean air legislation eliminated the worst smogs: Visibility dropped to nothing in the pea-souper.
Sunlight-activated urban pollution
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
- Jack the RipperUnidentified Victorian murderer
- ThamesLondon's river
- hansomHorse-drawn hired carriage
Sherlock Holmes · Charles Dickens · cobblestone · chimney sweep · Whitechapel · Baker Street · penny dreadful · workhouse
Sunlight-activated urban pollution
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
- mistFine airborne moisture
- murkinessDimness, lack of clarity
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
vapor · dampness · condensation · opacity · blanket · shroud · yellowish · sulfurous
Sunlight-activated urban pollution
- emissionsSubstances released into air
- sootCarbon from incomplete burning
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- exhaustUse up entirely
industrial · particulates · sulfur · smoke · factories · chimneys · burning · noxious
Made hard to perceive
- dimLow in light
- murkyDark and unclear
- shroudedCovered and hidden
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
blinding · groping · disorientation · lost · navigation · collision · accident · traffic
smog
Sunlight-activated urban pollution
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
- Jack the RipperUnidentified Victorian murderer
- ThamesLondon's river
Sherlock Holmes · Charles Dickens · hansom · cobblestone · chimney sweep · Whitechapel · Baker Street · penny dreadful · workhouse · Bleak House
smog
Sunlight-activated urban pollution
gloom · vapor · dampness · condensation · opacity · blanket · shroud · yellowish · sulfurous · choking
smog
Sunlight-activated urban pollution
- emissionsSubstances released into air
- sootCarbon from incomplete burning
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
exhaust · industrial · particulates · sulfur · smoke · factories · chimneys · burning · noxious · acrid
obscured
Made hard to perceive
impenetrable · blinding · groping · disorientation · lost · navigation · collision · accident · traffic · shutdown
pea-souperfresh air
Unenclosed outdoor atmosphere
clean air · pure air · crisp air · mountain air · sea breeze