Sahara dust

Oh yes, I see it now, poly. Wow!

Sami, It can happen that in the morning one sees yellow-red dust lying everywhere on the car roofs. This can be quite spooky. But it hasn't been that extreme for a longer time now.

The phenomenon of dust from unpaved roads is not so familiar here. In the meantime (unfortunately) the most of our roads are tarred.

Maybe I need to explain some more ;-)

Most of the roads are asphalt also here. But during the winter months, it has became common to spread gravel on the roads because of ice and snow. But then also studs must be used on car tires during winter. Then especially in March and April, cars with studded tires grind the asphalt and that gravel into dust. And before people are allowed to switch to "summer tires", and roads become cleaned from all that gravel and dust, it is sometimes almost like in Sahara. And the spring cleaning of city streets is often called as "operation sandstorm"...

magnifique nature