The transparency at Houge last night was poor. No clouds. Just a lot of stuff in the air.
> 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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