Comments on: Sand Tornado (Desert Week) http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/17/sand-tornado-desert-week/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:01:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Lord_Velos http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/17/sand-tornado-desert-week/comment-page-1/#comment-200512 Lord_Velos Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:51:17 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=1982#comment-200512 If you zoom out on this one it turns into some kind of a strange overlap view which is also weird! If you zoom out on this one it turns into some kind of a strange overlap view which is also weird!

]]> By: George http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/17/sand-tornado-desert-week/comment-page-1/#comment-200499 George Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:34:37 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=1982#comment-200499 Whoo! Desert week! This is exciting for me, because I live in Palm Springs (CA), which is in the desert. No idea what the desert is called, but it is still a desert. Whoo! Desert week! This is exciting for me, because I live in Palm Springs (CA), which is in the desert. No idea what the desert is called, but it is still a desert.

]]> By: Patrick http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/17/sand-tornado-desert-week/comment-page-1/#comment-200498 Patrick Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:18:43 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=1982#comment-200498 I nominate this for most awesome post of all time. Simply fantastic. I nominate this for most awesome post of all time. Simply fantastic.

]]> By: nova72 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/17/sand-tornado-desert-week/comment-page-1/#comment-200495 nova72 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:54:52 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=1982#comment-200495 If the SAL is "made up entirely of Sahran sand" it would be so dense it would block out the sun. There is obviously a mixture of "sand" and air. Also the wiki page doesn't say, unless I missed it, that sand is in the SAL it refers to dust which are much finer particles than sand. See definitions: Sand is a granular material made up of fine rock particles. Sand is a naturally occurring, finely divided rock, comprising particles or granules ranging in size from 0.0625 (or mm) to 2 millimeters. An individual particle in this range size is termed a sand grain. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand Dust is a general name for minute solid particles with diameters less than 500 micrometers. On Earth, dust occurs in the atmosphere from various sources; soil dust lifted up by wind, volcanic eruptions, and pollution are some examples. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust If the SAL is “made up entirely of Sahran sand” it would be so dense it would block out the sun. There is obviously a mixture of “sand” and air. Also the wiki page doesn’t say, unless I missed it, that sand is in the SAL it refers to dust which are much finer particles than sand.
See definitions:
Sand is a granular material made up of fine rock particles. Sand is a naturally occurring, finely divided rock, comprising particles or granules ranging in size from 0.0625 (or mm) to 2 millimeters. An individual particle in this range size is termed a sand grain. …
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand

Dust is a general name for minute solid particles with diameters less than 500 micrometers. On Earth, dust occurs in the atmosphere from various sources; soil dust lifted up by wind, volcanic eruptions, and pollution are some examples. …
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust

]]> By: dr.R. http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/17/sand-tornado-desert-week/comment-page-1/#comment-200492 dr.R. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:25:51 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=1982#comment-200492 Looks like this place is in the middle of the desert, yet there is a settlement nearby: http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=18.687899,12.921016&z=16 Looks like this place is in the middle of the desert, yet there is a settlement nearby: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

]]> By: Jack http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/17/sand-tornado-desert-week/comment-page-1/#comment-200489 Jack Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:28:59 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=1982#comment-200489 When I lived in Vegas I saw trash tornadoes... or would that be trash devils... I also saw several of the dust devils and only one sand storm back in the summer of 2002 When I lived in Vegas I saw trash tornadoes… or would that be trash devils… I also saw several of the dust devils and only one sand storm back in the summer of 2002

]]> By: James http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/17/sand-tornado-desert-week/comment-page-1/#comment-200487 James Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:05:38 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=1982#comment-200487 @Jay: Oh yeah! I'd never heard that term before :D @Jay: Oh yeah! I’d never heard that term before :D

]]> By: Jay http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/17/sand-tornado-desert-week/comment-page-1/#comment-200486 Jay Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:54:21 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=1982#comment-200486 It's called a "dust devil", not a "sand tornado"! It’s called a “dust devil”, not a “sand tornado”!

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