Lazy, Hazy, Dusty Days of Summer

[Maksutov]

An enormous, hazy cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert is blowing toward the southern United States, but meteorologists do not expect much effect beyond colorful sunsets.
Story here. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050723/ap_on_sc/sandstorm_cloud;_ylt=ArHXFp8Nzqx4RaRwHvgX.cys0NUE; _ylu=X3oDMTA3MzV0MTdmBHNlYwM3NTM-)

So much for the Milky Way hereabouts for a while.

[Superluminal]

Maybe it will be like the beutiful red sunsets we had after the Pinatuba eruptions.

[jfribrg]

toSeeked (http://www.badastronomy.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=23176)

[Normandy6644]

toSeeked (http://www.badastronomy.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=23176)

Actually, it was the other thread that was ToSeeked by this one. :D

[Sammy]

Nancy Leider is probably salivating over this story!

Her take will be that it's the famous "Red Dust" from Planet X arriving. The "Sahara Duststorm" attribution is just part of the evil gubmint's cover-up.

[Cylinder]

Gravitational perturbations from PX stopped Earth in its tracks. Momentum from the Saharan sands caused it to become airborne. You can fill in the rest. :)