as seen from Carcavelos on a sunny day
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A strange phenomenon: DUST RAIN
Two days ago I have mentioned that, apart from the intense heat, the sky was strangely (and heavily) clouded. What I didn't know was that a gigantic dust cloud from northern Africa was covering central and southern Portugal. Then we had some light rain. When it stopped I went outside and noticied all my plants have turned brown as everything else in the open air. Now can you imagine how messy all cars looked like especially the darker ones?! :-)
27 comments:
tres belles photos, la première on dirait une peinture
Really strange clouds.
So, this time YOU got the African dust.
Usually it drifts up to us. But that is one good thing about not having rain for half of each year--we don't get that muddy rain on us and on everything from April to October.
OK, JM, start cleaning.
Amazing clouds. Great photos.
But these are magnificent.
I have been chasing clouds today too ... we're out in the desert and would you believe it is raining. As for the dust reminds me of the huge dust storm we had last year ... it made my garden dirty too.
Must have been an interesting phenomenon. I guess the car washes will get some extra business! Love those clouds.
I love clouds and these are wonderful. I can relate to your rain story. Living in a desert, it seems like every rain brings a load of dirt with it. It has to rain steady for quite a while to start washing the dirt away.
Somehow these clouds remind me the sea waves. Beautiful.
Dust from the sky? Climate going crazy..
The clouds look beautiful but the dust is another story.
How interesting. I have never heard of this phenomenom.
Those clouds are lovely yet strange. MB
Beautiful clouds. Like several of the others, «Louis» relates to the 'raining mud' - this happens from time to time in the Texas panhandle where «Louis» grew up if it rains after one of the notorious dust storms hits the area.
It may have caused a big ole mess, but these shots are gorgeous! Lovely formations JM.
V
We get the African dust storms mostly in the spring. They usually give us haze but no actual dirt.
Craziness! It seems every summer we will get dust from Africa in Florida...not to the same extent, however. It doth make for some gorgeous sunrises and sunsets, though.
Spectacular, I have never seen anything like this! We have sometimes red dust with the rain, but it is a quite rare event.
It's a srange year - volcanos, torrenial rains, heat waves and now this!
Anyway, the sky looks fabulous.
I never tire of cloud watching... too bad I can't figure out how to make a living out of it!
:)
Very unusual skies - even in UK we sometimes get sand in our rain.
Beautiful cloud formations.
Wow, African dust, I know it probably wasn't, but it sounds cool. Just think, it was in Africa and now it's on your car (or plants) :)
Anyway, I like these photos of clouds, they are interesting.
Great photos! Beautiful!
Que coisa mais linda, parece uma pintura impressionista a sua primeira foto!
Léia
These are stunning to look at, and I've never heard of dust rain. I suppose I've seen it occasionally, but not do dense.
superb!
Nature imitating art... look like artistic paintings of the sky ;-)
JM!
I never heard of such a thing until now!
Looks beautiful but I'm sure it was a pain to clean up after!
-Dean
demais! não vi isto... só vi o estado do meu carro:))
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