4/20: Dust cloud

Undertoad · 04-20-2001, 10:03 AM

This dust cloud, coming off the Mongolia border, is so massive that it was picked up and tracked on satellite. It made it to California. It began as sandstorms on Apr 3 and this image was taken Apr 10. Pretty cool.

Chewbaccus · 04-23-2001, 11:11 AM

That's unreal, man. The scary thing is that it probably happened before, or else it would have had moderate to semi-significant coverage on the news, especially with it hitting CA and all.

~Mike

lordbobo · 05-08-2001, 04:02 AM

I'm in japan, and let me tell you that it happens every year. Coats everything, and since it happens all the time nobody really bothers cleaning outside stuff. Everything has a nice coating of industrial polution and yellow sand...

russotto · 05-08-2001, 12:01 PM

You sure that's pollution? Judging from my allergies lately, I think maybe that's a pollen cloud!

04-23-2001, 11:11 AM	#2
Chewbaccus Freethinker/booter Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 523	That's unreal, man. The scary thing is that it probably happened before, or else it would have had moderate to semi-significant coverage on the news, especially with it hitting CA and all. ~Mike __________________ Like the wise man said: Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.

04-20-2001, 10:03 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	This dust cloud, coming off the Mongolia border, is so massive that it was picked up and tracked on satellite. It made it to California. It began as sandstorms on Apr 3 and this image was taken Apr 10. Pretty cool.

05-08-2001, 04:02 AM	#3
lordbobo Non-Newbie Sort Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 6	I'm in japan, and let me tell you that it happens every year. Coats everything, and since it happens all the time nobody really bothers cleaning outside stuff. Everything has a nice coating of industrial polution and yellow sand...

05-08-2001, 12:01 PM	#4
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	You sure that's pollution? Judging from my allergies lately, I think maybe that's a pollen cloud!

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