Massive dust cloud heads to U.S.

HauerHauer Registered Users Posts: 550 Major grins
edited July 31, 2005 in The Big Picture
Hi there - just read the following on the CNN website......

Folks in the USA get your cameras ready..... they advise that the dust could make sunrises and sunsets spectacular. Source: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/23/dust.storm.ap/index.html

Perhaps irrelevant but I thought I'd mention it.

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  • patch29patch29 Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,928 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2005
    I read that this morning too, seems to be heading for Florida. I wonder if we will get better sunsets in Georgia? It has been raining a lot here lately, so we have not had too many good sunsets lately.
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2005
    harry, ya'll better stock up on eclipse and swabs lol3.gif
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  • patch29patch29 Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,928 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2005
    andy wrote:
    harry, ya'll better stock up on eclipse and swabs lol3.gif

    My sensor is already a mess. I have been trying some macro shots at f/22 and it is a mess. :uhoh I might try one of those new sensor brushes. ne_nau.gif
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2005
    patch29 wrote:
    My sensor is already a mess. I have been trying some macro shots at f/22 and it is a mess. :uhoh I might try one of those new sensor brushes. ne_nau.gif
    Borrow mine.
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2005
    You East Coasterns
    patch29 wrote:
    I read that this morning too, seems to be heading for Florida. I wonder if we will get better sunsets in Georgia? It has been raining a lot here lately, so we have not had too many good sunsets lately.
    always get the awesome visual stuff - dust clouds, tornadoes, hurricanes.. And we californians are just stuck with a clear blue featurless skies and almost perfect weather year round:D
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • John MuellerJohn Mueller Registered Users Posts: 2,555 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2005
    Nikolai wrote:
    always get the awesome visual stuff - dust clouds, tornadoes, hurricanes.. And we californians are just stuck with a clear blue featurless skies and almost perfect weather year round:D
    blbl.gifflip :gun2
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2005
    Nikolai wrote:
    always get the awesome visual stuff - dust clouds, tornadoes, hurricanes.. And we californians are just stuck with a clear blue featurless skies and almost perfect weather year round:D
    Ah, don't feel bad. You get your share of wildfires, earthquakes, flooding and house-destroying landslides and mudslides. blbl.gif
    Sid.
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2005
    wxwax wrote:
    Ah, don't feel bad. You get your share of wildfires, earthquakes, flooding and house-destroying landslides and mudslides. blbl.gif

    Yeah, buck up, Nikolai, it ain't all bad for us SoCalifornians!
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2005
    It aint bad:-)
    DavidTO wrote:
    Yeah, back up, Nikolai, it ain't all bad for us SoCalifornians!
    That's why I *love* to live here:-)
    It's just... just... missing some moody clouds...:-)
    Anyways, I'll be waiting for texans, floridians and newyorkers to take the great pictures - and hope they will share:-):):

    Cheers!1drink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2005
    If you're a meteorologist, this will tell you that the dust arrived at Key West on Thursday, 7/28/05.


    KEYW 281853Z 22004KT 6SM DU CLR 32/22 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP161
    T03220217

    =

    KEYW 281753Z 22004KT 5SM DU CLR 32/22 A3002 RMK AO2 RAE1656
    SLP165 P0000 60001 T03220222 10328 20289 58006

    =

    KEYW 281653Z 17005KT 5SM -RA DU FEW035 SCT060 32/22 A3003 RMK
    AO2 RAB12 SLP169 P0000 T03220217
    Sid.
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2005
    wxwax wrote:
    If you're a meteorologist, this will tell you that the dust arrived at Key West on Thursday, 7/28/05.


    KEYW 281853Z 22004KT 6SM DU CLR 32/22 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP161
    T03220217

    =

    KEYW 281753Z 22004KT 5SM DU CLR 32/22 A3002 RMK AO2 RAE1656
    SLP165 P0000 60001 T03220222 10328 20289 58006

    =

    KEYW 281653Z 17005KT 5SM -RA DU FEW035 SCT060 32/22 A3003 RMK
    AO2 RAB12 SLP169 P0000 T03220217

    Wow. Your english seems a whole heck of a lot easier and simpler than meteorologish.
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2005
    DavidTO wrote:
    Wow. Your english seems a whole heck of a lot easier and simpler than meteorologish.
    lol3.gif Apparently the key letters are the DU in each message.
    Sid.
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  • Phil U.Phil U. Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited July 30, 2005
    So did anyone get any sunset/sunrise shots during this timeframe? I'd love to see if it made a difference in the color.

    Post 'em if you got 'em!
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2005
    Nikolai wrote:
    That's why I *love* to live here:-)
    It's just... just... missing some moody clouds...:-)
    Anyways, I'll be waiting for texans, floridians and newyorkers to take the great pictures - and hope they will share:-):):

    Cheers!1drink.gif
    Nikolai, I hadn't heard, thanks. Wonder if it will come to the Carolinas. I personally would like to do without the hurricanes. I am scared this year. I lost my island home thanks to a hurricane in 1989. If I could give them away, I would. I felt like I was doing that last year, as they all seemed to go to Florida. I am afraid that Florida is going to send them here this year.

    However, don't be upset re sunsets/sunrises, smog ought to get you some very nice, similar, shots.:D

    ginger (A dirty atmosphere can be a real pain, but it can sure make for some good photography, IMO.)
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
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