High Noon


I remember a while back the UK’s skies were full of sand from the Sahara, and everywhere was cast in an eerie yellowish tint. The sand content in the air was so high we were able to look directly at the mid-day Sun without any kind of protection (which, obviously, should really never be done) Above is a photo of the Sun that I took that day… but even though I remember writing about it on the blog, I can’t seem to find when exactly that was. Perhaps if you were in the UK at that time you could refresh my memory?

Posted for Becky’s #timesquare (Link below)

10 responses to “High Noon”

  1. Hélène Vaillant avatar
    Hélène Vaillant

    Amazing photo Tom. It is also scary when you think of all that much in the air.

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    1. Tom avatar

      I agree, Hélène… it’s also remarkable that we can actually breathe in it! 😀

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      1. Hélène Vaillant avatar
        Hélène Vaillant

        That is amazing really. 😲

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  2. CMStewart avatar

    I wasn’t in the UK at that time, but I do remember the post: https://wellheregoes.me/2017/10/17/yesterdays-sun/ 🙂

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    1. Tom avatar

      CM! Thank you!!!
      I searched high and low for this, even using the keyword ‘Sun’ but the search thingy just would not find it! It must have been using one of the larger search engine’s options of returning what it thinks I want rather than what I want! Algorithms, hey?
      Hope you are well! 🙂

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      1. CMStewart avatar

        You’re welcome, Tom! 🙂 I Googled the date of the Sahara sand in the UK, then searched for that date on your blog…

        I’m chugging along; hope you are well as well! 🙂

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        1. Tom avatar

          Same as same as, CM.
          I’m glad you found the post… I think I gave up too easily!!! 😉

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  3. prenin avatar

    The dust storm arrived in the UK on 29/03/2014 🙂 ❤

    Have fun!!! 🙂 ❤

    Prenin.

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    1. Tom avatar

      Thanks, Prenin… although you must be referring to an earlier one.
      We seem to get these an awful lot, don’t we?

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      1. prenin avatar

        Yep!!! :/

        Might be an idea to get a dust mask – this is happening more and more often. :/

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