Re: [OM] [IMG] Dust Storm in Tempe, AZ

[Chris Trask]

>
> >     We had a dust storm come through here around 5:30 this afternoon. 
> > We've seen far more of these than average for the past couple of
> > years.  Here's two photos taken in the street in front of my home:
> > 
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7762681252/in/photostream
> > 
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7762679580/in/photostream
> > 
> >     For both of these photos I kept the aperture and speed set to
> > what would be normal daytime settings so you can see how much the
> > sunlight is masked out.  In the second photo, looking west, you can
> > almost see the sun in the upper right-hand corner.  Visibility at
> > this point is less than a tenth of a mile.
> > 
> >     This storm is actually quite mild.  We had one earlier this
> > year where the visibility was down to less than 75 meters and you
> > could only make out the outline of the house across the street. 
> > Due to the lack of rain this past year (I've only measured 0.50")
> > there is plenty of dry, fine material available for events such
> > as this.
> > 
>
>Changing lenses in this environment must be quite a challenge ;-)
>

     Wouldn't think of doing that.

Chris


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