[meteorite-list] Orange Dust

From: Richard Kowalski <damoclid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:54:16 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <97734.16134.qm_at_web33903.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Orange skies and dust fallouts are not that uncommon in Florida this time of year. The dust comes from the Sahara.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=18545&oldid=14334

I suspect that this is a much greater amount to leave a coating as described. I'd guess it is much more rare to have any dust croossing the Atlantic as far north as Mike's location.

Of course westward moving dust from Asia is pretty common in the western US

http://www.lakepowell.net/asiandust.htm

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