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nickel
04-30-2005, 10:40 PM
i saw these pics on another site and thought they were amazing.

"A dust storm similar to special effects on the big screen bellowed across the western desert of Iraq on April 26. The storm was spawned near the border of Syria and Jordan. Forward Operating Base Korean Village experienced tornadoes around 2 p.m. The storm moved in a northeasterly direction until it reached Al Asad, around 6:45.

As the storm moved closer the sky changed to a shade of orange until total darkness blanketed the ground. The storm passed over in about 45 minutes, leaving a heavy sheet of dust in its wake. Forecaster say the wall of dust may have reached 4,000 to 5,000 feet.

This dust storm was a spectacular sight and may look worse than it actually was. No one was injured and no equipment was damaged here.

Some pics from the storm:"

http://img245.echo.cx/img245/5941/sand017zx.jpg

http://img245.echo.cx/img245/3179/sand027qi.jpg

http://img48.echo.cx/img48/3558/sand033nc.jpg

http://img245.echo.cx/img245/1555/sand040im.jpg

http://img245.echo.cx/img245/2556/sand050as.jpg

http://img245.echo.cx/img245/2091/sand062aj.jpg
nickel
04-30-2005, 10:41 PM
http://img245.echo.cx/img245/6511/sand077vc.jpg

http://img245.echo.cx/img245/8805/sand087xy.jpg

http://img245.echo.cx/img245/2351/sand092cr.jpg

http://img245.echo.cx/img245/1939/sand100an.jpg

http://img245.echo.cx/img245/7627/sand139el.jpg
CornMonkey
04-30-2005, 10:50 PM
wow, cool pics. i was caught in a huge dust storm in arizona back in '99 (i think)...twas not fun.
Jenny
04-30-2005, 11:06 PM
Very cool!
Gothic Girl
04-30-2005, 11:45 PM
Really neat pics. Scary too. My question is, why the hell is the photographer still standing there??
ArkiStan
05-01-2005, 05:17 AM
Reminds me of this one short story by Steven King. It was about a thick curtain of fog that slowly approached a town. There were ominous hints of deadly "things" that were lurching inside the fog. I think it would have looked something like the pics above.
BigJon
05-01-2005, 06:27 AM
I saw those on Snopes.com, and according to them they are real pics. It's amazing to actually see a sandstorm, and they do look just like in the movies.
ArkiStan
05-01-2005, 06:39 AM
the second pic is the best, cause you can almost see the cloud crawling along.
Airencracken
05-01-2005, 10:06 AM
Holy crap! I thought the santa ana's were bad near palm springs. Geeze. :gle:
Markel
05-01-2005, 11:53 AM
My question is, why the hell is the photographer still standing there??
To get THE pictures, of course! Why else do you thing photographers would stand where bullets are flying, bombs are dropping, etc. :confused:
Nija
05-01-2005, 02:33 PM
Reminds me of this one short story by Steven King. It was about a thick curtain of fog that slowly approached a town. There were ominous hints of deadly "things" that were lurching inside the fog. I think it would have looked something like the pics above.
The Fog in Skeleton Crew. I loved that story. It was my favorite when I initally read the book.
ShawnLee
05-01-2005, 05:34 PM
Dang... At first I thought those were stills from a movie, but wow.
bachviet
05-01-2005, 09:43 PM
Dang that's one crazy storm. I was stuck in a dust storm on the Mohavee desert before and it was not a joke.
dbax791
05-01-2005, 11:32 PM
We get those in Arizona every summer. Never seen one that dense, though.

But yeah, it's like that, there is a leading edge wall. I don't mind 'em that much.