As noted in a number of observing over the past week, the sky has shown a distinct haziness. Last
weekend at Coe it really cut down on transparency. I think that was the case everywhere (other
than Fremont Peak?)... and the situation continues still. I passed on Houge Park last night as
the sky again looked very milky to me in the late afternoon.
I have seen talk of this on the TV news, usually the meteorologists, saying there it may be
attributable to dust storms in China. I would think it is the Gobi. Anyone else hearing about
this?
How many of you remember the dust extinction caused by the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the early
90's?
Mark
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