"Ken Cook" wrote in message
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Mike Tullett wrote:

It seems that dust cloud was over the North Sea for quite a long
time.
These two sat pics from Dundee (NOAA18 AVHRR) show it yesterday and
for the
6th May. Back tracking suggests it is of Eurasian origin?

.... not sure if there is a link, but this was posted recently in another
newsgroup:-

"ASIA
China

A sandstorm originating along the China/Mongolia border affected
Beijing on the 17th. It was the eighth sandstorm of 2006 for the
Chinese capital, and reportedly the worst so far this year. Reduced
visibilities also spread eastward to the Korean Peninsula (BBC News)."


Martin.


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