This is NOT that dust cloud.
Posted on 07/21/2009 6:54:33 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
A giant Chinese dustball weighing hundreds of thousands of tons circled the world at high altitude in under two weeks, scientists have shown.
A group of Chinese and Japanese scientists claimed that the dustball, which weighed 800,000 tons, was kicked up during a storm in 2007 in the Taklamakan desert.
The desert, which is roughly the size of France, lies in China's far-Western Xinjiang province, and is fringed by mountains on three sides, including the Pamir mountains on the border with Afghanistan and the Karakoram range, an extension of the Himalayas.
The dust ball was formed when a wind storm ripped across the desert, kicking up the dust, and trapping it against the mountains of the Tibetan plateau.
The scientists said the dust was forced higher and higher into the air, until it reached an altitude of around 16,250ft. A warm convection flow then lofted it further to between 26,000 ft and 32,500 ft, well above cloud level.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Dust crowd
Close enough anyway.
I see that Korla pears aren’t the only thing to come out of that part of China. My wife and I recently discovered those at an Asian grocery store.
http://xenohistorian.wordpress.com/2009/04/19/central-asian-pears/
:’)
:’) But it’s *dry* heat.
Note: this topic is from 7/21/2009. Thanks Free ThinkerNY.Hey blam, free is better than cheap. One down, one to go:
Riddle Of The Desert Mummies - YouTube
Note: this topic is from 7/21/2009. Thanks Free ThinkerNY.Hey blam, free is better than cheap. One down, one to go:
Riddle Of The Desert Mummies - YouTube
;’)
Just make sure it’s set on “suck” and not “blow.”
Now I know what to do with the dust bunnies under the sofa.
[anybody got a spare trebuchet?]
That's where these guys ( Tocharians) are located.
FYI — That’s where they *used* to be — they moved, and wherever they are now, we have to refer to them as the “Fromcharians”.
Why yes, I have waited for years to spring that one. ;’)
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