{"id":4580,"date":"2020-06-28T11:04:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T15:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/?p=4580"},"modified":"2021-02-01T06:38:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T11:38:58","slug":"saharan-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/?p=4580","title":{"rendered":"Saharan Dust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert arrived in the North Carolina mountains as it traveled across the Atlantic Ocean. The phenomenon happens every year but the 2020 version is especially large and imposing,  However the act of Mother Nature created some memorable moments captured by some of Somersby Park residents.  Thanks to Kristen and Dan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-1-482x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-1-482x360.jpg 482w, https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-1-301x225.jpg 301w, https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-1-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-1-rotated.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-2-482x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-2-482x360.jpg 482w, https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-2-301x225.jpg 301w, https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-2-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-2-rotated.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-3-482x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-3-482x360.jpg 482w, https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-3-301x225.jpg 301w, https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-3-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-3-rotated.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"413\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-4-413x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-4-413x360.jpg 413w, https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-4-258x225.jpg 258w, https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-4-768x670.jpg 768w, https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-4.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-5-480x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-5-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Dust-Storm-5.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert arrived in the North Carolina mountains as it traveled across the Atlantic Ocean. The phenomenon happens every year but the 2020 version is especially large and imposing, However the act of Mother Nature created some memorable moments captured by some of Somersby Park residents. Thanks to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/?p=4580\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Saharan Dust<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beauty"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4580"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4587,"href":"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4580\/revisions\/4587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somersbypark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}