BAISE SHINES IN WMO 2025 METEOROLOGICAL CALENDAR WITH LIGHTNING-PIERCED LANDSCAPE

KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 (Bernama) -- A striking image titled Electric Roasted Sea Bass, captured in Baise City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, by photographer Liang Ke, has been selected for inclusion in the WMO 2025 Meteorological Calendar.

Chosen at the 2025 Calendar Photography Contest from tens of thousands of global entries hosted by the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO), it is the only Chinese photograph featured this year.

In this awe-inspiring image, multiple lightning bolts pierce through the clouds, illuminating the night sky, while below, the Youjiang River reflects a dazzling array of neon lights, creating a radiant scene. Widely shared on WMO’s platforms and global social media, the photo has drawn significant attention from domestic and international netizens.

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The publicity department of Baise city in a statement highlighted that the city’s ongoing ecological efforts have played a key role in its growing recognition. In 2024, Baise became Guangxi’s only national pilot city for deepening climate-resilient city construction and was listed in China’s second batch of national pilot projects for new pollutant management.

The city also ranked ninth nationwide for surface water quality, with a 100 per cent compliance rate across 25 monitoring sites and an air quality excellence rate of 98.4 per cent.

With the continuous improvement of Baise's ecological environment, rare wildlife such as leopard cats and Hainan partridges have been frequently spotted in the Chengbi River Nature Reserve, while the Chinese merganser, known as the "panda of birds", has overwintered there for over a decade.

An associate researcher at China Agricultural University, Dr Wan Rong noted that Baise possesses unique ecological advantages, and the city could focus on industries like health foods and medicinal-edible resources to build a full-chain consumer ecosystem by leveraging its green potential.

-- BERNAMA