London photo of the day: Saharan sand everywhere

Wed, Apr 02, 2014

Sand blown in from the actual Sahara is settling on London this week — and burning one’s eyes — most noticeably on usually clean surfaces, like the hood of this shiny Jaguar.

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LaSargenta

Wed, Apr 02, 2014 9:00pm

Ah, the sirocco! When I lived in Barcelona, we had it hit hard one year. The roof of my building had 3-4″ drifts in the corners against the parapets. I had to shake sand out of all my laundry (we dried it on the roof or hanging off lines on our balconies).