Sahara dust ?

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Moxi
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Two pictures around the same time of evening three days apart, the brighter glow ( sorry can’t think of the right term ) corona ?? Possibly due to the Sahara dust storm maybe ?

I will pop out at sunset to see if I can get a like for like comparison.

I’m certainly getting extra solar because of the scatter this evening.

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Left it a bit late but if you zoom in close to the sun under the cloud layer you can see the shoulder of the Wicklow’s mountains

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The dust was accumulating in some areas on my car today, washed into sand dunes by the drizzle.

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Put some in a little glass jar and keep it as a memento of when the Sahara visited Nowty towers - oh yes you are THAT famous! :lol:

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Some interesting video clips here - seems it's over quite a lot of Europe.



By contrast after the heavy rainfall last night, the skies here in SW London this morning are beautifully clear.
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marshman wrote: Thu Mar 17, 2022 9:24 pm Looked at my panels this morning, covered in the stuff ! Waited til late afternoon and gave them all a good wash down - no rain forecast for a few days.


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And marshman says its an urban myth he lives in a desert. ;)
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