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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe Saharan dust is back! Here\u2019s when especially vibrant sunrises, sunsets could return to Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It happens every year about this time. Large plumes of dust are blown across the Atlantic all the way from the Sahara Desert in Africa. There are several pros and cons to the annually occurring event,<\/a> but one of the pros is great sunrises and sunsets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Florida is already home to some of the best sunrises and sunsets around but when dust is added to the atmosphere, they can be even better!<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the sun is low on the horizon in the morning and evening, the sun\u2019s rays have to travel through more of the Earth\u2019s atmosphere. The light scatters more, producing beautiful red, orange and pink colors in the sky. When small dust particles are introduced, more scattering takes places enhancing the already vibrant colors. Here\u2019s an example of a sunrise with Saharan Dust in our sky from two years ago.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Some dust is expected to move into Florida late next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The dust has made its way into the Caribbean and by the mid-to-late next week, some of it gets pulled up the Florida peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Look for the potential for more vibrant-than-normal sunrises, sunsets starting Tuesday and especially late in the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Forecast for Saharan dust. Some of the dust is expected to arrive in Florida Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The dust for the most part is suspended high in the atmosphere, but some can make it to the surface, aggravating allergies while it is around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Keep your eyes out for more vibrant and colorful sunsets this week, possibly starting tomorrow night, thanks to the annual return of Saharan dust from across the Atlantic. The Saharan… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":49200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[392],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49199"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49202,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49199\/revisions\/49202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/dust.png\")
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