The dust in the atmosphere over the TRNC
Posted: Mon 26 Mar 2018 11:01 am
Clearly there is a lot of dust around at the moment.
Below is an article from today's Guardian:
Dust from a sandstorm in the Sahara desert is causing snow in eastern Europe to turn orange, transforming mountainous regions of Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria and Romania into Mars-like landscapes.
The unusual scenes are believed to be created by a mix of sand, dust and pollen particles stirred up and swept across from storms in northern Africa. According the meteorologists, the phenomenon occurs roughly every five years.
Steven Keates, a weather forecaster at the UK’s Met Office, told The Independent:
“As the sand gets lifted to the upper levels of the atmosphere, it gets distributed elsewhere.
Looking at satellite imagery from Nasa, it shows a lot of sand and dust in the atmosphere drifting across the Mediterranean.”
Skiiers and snowboarders posted photographs on Instagram and Twitter that showed eerie orange scenes.
One person wrote “Martian landscape, Apocalypse Now.”
Another added: “Snowy slopes were transformed into barkhan dunes.”
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/ora ... li=BBoPWjQ
Below is an article from today's Guardian:
Dust from a sandstorm in the Sahara desert is causing snow in eastern Europe to turn orange, transforming mountainous regions of Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria and Romania into Mars-like landscapes.
The unusual scenes are believed to be created by a mix of sand, dust and pollen particles stirred up and swept across from storms in northern Africa. According the meteorologists, the phenomenon occurs roughly every five years.
Steven Keates, a weather forecaster at the UK’s Met Office, told The Independent:
“As the sand gets lifted to the upper levels of the atmosphere, it gets distributed elsewhere.
Looking at satellite imagery from Nasa, it shows a lot of sand and dust in the atmosphere drifting across the Mediterranean.”
Skiiers and snowboarders posted photographs on Instagram and Twitter that showed eerie orange scenes.
One person wrote “Martian landscape, Apocalypse Now.”
Another added: “Snowy slopes were transformed into barkhan dunes.”
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/ora ... li=BBoPWjQ