PHOTOS: Beijing enjoys literally days of blue skies before airpocalypse returns

This was Beijing on Saturday:

Then, this was Beijing on Sunday:

Next, this will be Beijing on Tuesday:

Although the smog canopy lifted from Beijing this weekend, revealing dazzling blue skies, meteorologists predict that the impending airpocalypse will catch Beijingers off guard once again with a "backthrust" attack on Tuesday.

The capital has already been trounced by smog three times this month alone, most notably at last weekend's Beijing Marathon. Experts believe that the current spell of clarity is just a temporary reprieve induced by cold northerly winds forcing the smog to beat a retreat down south; but its forces will soon regroup and and retake the city with a vengeance.