All we are is dust in the wind

[mount_oregano]

I cleaned house today and dusted the tops of my bookcases. They had been collecting dust since the start of summer.

The dust was composed of red-orange powder from the Sahara dust storms that ride north across the strait on heat waves, black urban grit, irritating yellow pollen, and a smidgen of fragrant ashes from forest fires — the perfect summary of this summer.

— Sue Burke

Comments

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

We used to get the red dust in Hamburg from time to time, and that's a *long* way from the Sahara.

[mount-oregano.livejournal.com]

And it's a lot of dust. This NASA photo shows dust blowing across western Europe.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=1918

Here's another one.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=1874

The horizon today is dusty.