The dust in the atmosphere over the TRNC

[paul90]

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

[sophie]

Asthmatics not having a good time at all. Its actually making three of my dogs sneeze and cough and they clearly can't understand why!!

[frontalman]

Well tell'em!