Oh, the yellow dust of China

...has come. Visibility here was reduced today. Cars are covered with a layer of dust. I'm glad I don't hang my laundry outside during pollen season; that saves them from aeolian dust also.

Asian Dust (also yellow dust, yellow sand, yellow wind, or China dust storms) is a seasonal meteorological phenomenon which affects much of East Asia sporadically during the springtime months. The dust originates in the deserts of Mongolia and northern China and Kazakhstan where high-speed surface winds and intense dust storms kick up dense clouds of fine, dry soil particles. These clouds are then carried eastward by prevailing winds and pass over China, North and South Korea, and Japan, as well as parts of the Russian Far East.

Click on the "Aeolian dust prediction" link on the lower right sidebar of my blog to see when the next brown cloud of 黄砂 is coming our way.