SEPT 6TH - SAHARAN DUST IN THE ATMOSPHERE TONIGHT

[paulastro]

At least there is in Yorkshire according to the tea time local weather forecast.   Enough to make the sunsets redder apparently. 

Do be aware if you're thinking of leaving your scope optics open to the elements for very long this evening just in case.

It wouldn't be the first time if I woke to a layer of red dust on the car in the morning.  Its certainly looking  rather murky outside.

[PeterW]

Looks to with us for a few days…. Where all  the hot is coming from.

Peter

[RobertI]

Although we had a cloudless sky at sunset, it did not have that vivid cyan colour that indicates good transparency and the horizon seemed to be a dirty grey colour. Sure enough I can see very few stars in murky darkness now - it ain’t good out there.

[John]

It's just cloudy here tonight. We often get nice sunsets here but that was clouded out as well. 

Last time we had a saharan sand influx here I took this snap of the sun at mid morning. The cars did pick up a fine coating of pink dust on that occasion. If I cropped the tree branches out it could have been taken on Mars 😁

 

Edited September 6, 2023 by John

[paulastro]

Ah well, I don't feel so bad it was so murky last night now, thought not so good if it lasts a few days.

[wookie1965]

Yes car covered in it this morning only had it cleaned yesterday.

[Stu]

That explains the dust all over my car too! I guess it also explains why I was able to look at the sun directly as it rose yesterday and today, quite amazing being able to see it like that, just a shame there weren’t any naked eye sunspots to look for.

[Mr Spock]

My car is dusty too 

But, do we remember this from 16th Oct 2017?

The entire sky all over the UK went an orangey pink 

[paulastro]

Yes, my car had Saharan dust on it too this morning.  Luckily for me, it never gets cleaned anyway as we usually have enough rain up here to do that 🙂.

[mikeDnight]

20 hours ago, paulastro said:

At least there is in Yorkshire according to the tea time local weather forecast.   Enough to make the sunsets redder apparently. 

Do be aware if you're thinking of leaving your scope optics open to the elements for very long this evening just in case.

It wouldn't be the first time if I woke to a layer of red dust on the car in the morning.  Its certainly looking  rather murky outside.

I thought someone had slung mud on my windscreen this morning. It was you wasn't it! 

[groberts]

It also explains why 80% of my imaging subs were messed up last night🤬

 

[paulastro]

2 hours ago, mikeDnight said:

I thought someone had slung mud on my windscreen this morning. It was you wasn't it! 

Possibly a big bird?

[Ouroboros]

A sample of Saharan sand washed down in this morning’s rain on the glass surface of a table in the garden.  

Oh, and I found a camel behind a rose bush. 

[Richard N]

The moon was very orangey and the transparency was poor last night.