Last weekend it was a little dusty out. (This was taken in the afternoon)
Usually you can see for quite a ways, although with the dust blowing you could clearly see across the valley.
Apparently this is what is called a khamsin, or east winds. They are hot, dry, dusty winds that blow in from the desert. The happen on and off in the spring and everything gets dusty (somehow it seems to get in everywhere, even with the windows closed).
I have seen the wind blow dirt around before, but I have never seen it like this. It definitely has an thick and oppressive feeling to it. Any rain afterwards is surely refreshing!
It makes me think of what was meant by God promising that he will make Abraham's descendants as numerous as the dust. Is this the dust that is Abraham is told his offspring will be like?
Genesis 13:15-16 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever. I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.
On another note, the sunsets when it isn't so dusty are quite beautiful!
