Sandstorm
Not easy to see on the photos, but the sky is yellowish and it feels a bit harder to breathe.
Maybe the printed āyellowā helps set the mood.
Thanks, Sahara.
Sandstorm
Not easy to see on the photos, but the sky is yellowish and it feels a bit harder to breathe.
Maybe the printed āyellowā helps set the mood.
Thanks, Sahara.
@maique Iāve never experienced a sandstorm. The closest thing must be shoveling sand in the wind, and even that wasnāt very pleasant. I didnāt think the winds carried it thus far. A friend of mine were in Tenerife just at the onset of the pandemic, and he had to stay several days longer because the planes couldnāt take off because of a sandstorm.
@maique @Mandalorian my white car was red/brown today after it rained a little. Feels like this Sahara sand thing is also happening quite regularly nowadays. Can't remember this happening in the pastā¦
@maique When we get skies like this it's from ash, which is never fun, either š It certainly makes for interesting/pretty pictures, but it's not really a worthwhile trade, hey. Hope the sandstorm passes soon.
@Miraz Now that you mention it, I remember hearing that. Reminds me how important it is to stop deserts spreading, and environmental protection in general. š±
@hutaffe Weāve had it before, but this time the rain seems to have stopped just in time, and we only got the yellow filter. Maybe tomorrow weāll be served muddy rain. Hopefully youāll get clean rain soon, and that will take care of the new paint job.
@odd We get this from time to time, weāre close to the desert. But no sand, just particles in the sky.
@Miraz Impressive! I donāt thing weāre that far from the desert, and this is now regular. Not a lot of them, but itās not a surprise anymore.
@odd Yes š Itās incredible, still. We forget how close we are to the desert. I did a quick search, and Spain seems to be getting hit much harder, the sky is orange over there. Beautiful.
@maique @odd We had some Saharan dust all the way out here a couple of summers ago. Wasn't quite as orange, but it made everything extremely hazy.
@Miraz what gets up into the sky can carry very far and hang there for a long timeā¦ there is more than speculation that Edvard Monkās Scream painting was inspired by unusual skies resulting from the erruption of Krakatoaā¦ many years laterā¦ the painting was made in 1893, a full ten years after the Krakatoa erruption in 1883: skyandtelescope.org/press-rel...
@maique I guess it can have itās own beauty, but I donāt envy the asthmatics over there. Have you heard the joke about the lumberjack?
There were two elderly guys at a bar, and they got to talking together. So one of them asks the other: āSo, what were you doing for a living?ā The other one says: āI was a lumberjackā¦ in Saharaā. The other one replies: āHaha, but there isnāt any trees in Sahara!ā So the lumberjack replied: āWellā¦ now there isnāt!ā š„
@cliffordbeshers @odd It should be very different š This feels exactly the same as when the sky is clear, except when youāre trying to breathe š
@maique Oof, so just the very small particles. I'm guessing it is about as pleasant as the smoke from our wildfires.
@cliffordbeshers Yes, I guess so. Tiny particles. Smoke is probably worse, I remember the smell as well. These are odorless.