Sahara dust

[harv]

Yep, its here. Looks weird....harv

 

 

[Wumm]

Erm, I'm seeing a Lake at this end Harv...

Must be a Mirage?

[BlrwestSiR]

Same here. Looks like cottage country to me.

[harv]

It's usually very clear. Also our water level is still 13 ft higher than normal. Those trees you se in the water , are usually the shore line.....harv

[BlrwestSiR]

Ok, that makes sense. I wondered about the waterline but wasn't sure. 

[DocRob]

Harv, don't tell me something about Sahara dust, if you haven't been in it .

That is how a proper Kalima looks like, here on the Canary islands. It's a wind directly from the Sahara desert and travels hundreds of kilometers. After a Kalima everything is sand covered.
There is an international air pollution index, which is normally very good here with a value around 20-30. With bad Kalimas it can raise up to 500, which means extremely hazardous with high risks of infections. You should stay at home these days and of course no airbrushing .

This year it was not that extreme, but we had Kalima for a very long time, I think for about two month since October in total. Last year, we had one like this and it ripped off our power connection and fell a tree in the garden.

Dusty Cheers Rob

 

[Bomber_County]

Only been in one sand storm in Dubai, that was weird.........Rob, is true sand gets everywhere 

[BlrwestSiR]

That is dusty. 

My best man ran 5 marathons in the Saharan desert a few years ago. They were on consecutive days. Afterwards he said he never wants to see sand again. 

Carl

[1to1scale]

The dust got to me in TN about noon on Friday, my family and I were at the beach when it seemed to get cloudy, but sun was still casting shadows. It’s been like that since them, but today the color seems a lot more orange/yellow. Seems cloudy, but it’s more like a thick haze, or a fog that’s lifted, strange thing, the sun is still getting through. 
 

As far as real sandstorms, I was in Phoenix AZ once when a true sand storm came through, we were on a hill and could see the wall of dust coming at us for about 10 minutes before it hit. That was strange. 

[Wumm]

Anyone experiencing a blue Sun?

The size of the dust particles we get here whenever there's a dust storm out of the Red Centre refracts the light in such a way the Sun turns blue. It's quite a sight.

S