As we noted earlier, pollution in Shanghai has reached record levels causing the government to ban cars and cut production across factories. The images below are not photoshopped or edited... this is the day--to-day life in that bustling city looks like... and in case you thought moving inside was 'safe', "the fog" is creeping into the buildings too now... All we are waiting for now is the rotting corpses of over-capacity Chinese industries to come out of the dark...

Shanghai Smog. Voor te stellen als Nieuwjaarsnacht, kwart over 12. Maar dan permanent, dag in dag uit. pic.twitter.com/itcxYI2xtf — Reinier van den Berg (@weermanreinier) December 6, 2013

Shanghai's a smog-filled dystopian nightmare, perfect time for a selfie http://t.co/u6S80sfj1x pic.twitter.com/tyQUi2ttA4 — Jalopnik (@Jalopnik) December 6, 2013

"I have a headache and it's hard to breathe." Smog at extremely hazardous levels in #Shanghai http://t.co/sTMrwmWAu6 pic.twitter.com/e2OwSRjIiP — Ed Joyce (@EdJoyce) December 6, 2013

The Toxic Smog Cloud Hanging Over Shanghai Looks Just As Bad As It Sounds - http://t.co/kCDXrP46t6 pic.twitter.com/FOrNllQBJn — Papatoto (@Expressus) December 6, 2013

Photos of the air pollution in Shanghai so bad they had to stop flights, issue health warning: http://t.co/EBK1XHYEaI pic.twitter.com/6gxhMDSrCH — Yahoo News (@YahooNews) December 6, 2013

We got back to Shanghai from Hongkong and got lost in smog. Kill me if I become a walking dead :-( pic.twitter.com/XX6wMOcsd3 — PingPing (@pingpingr) December 6, 2013

And now it is moving indoors: