Could you tell me what kind of pine trees, and where they grow? I was flying on the Pacific coast so the nearest trees upwind were several thousand miles away. I would be surprised if enough tree pollen could be picked up by the wind to make it across the Pacific in such density.
Under a microscope the particles do not look like pollen, the color is about the same as what I have in photographs from the last time Chinese dust crossed the ocean and was rained on my area, and the timing is consistent with when the Chinese dust was supposed to arrive in Washington. I am not saying 100% that this is desert dust, but I need evidence to convince me otherwise. Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Reid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 10:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [RCSE] Re: Yellow Circles.... > > > > I live in northwest Washington state, and recently I was out flying a 2m > > poly when it started raining. So I landed, put the plane into > the car, and > > drove home. The next day I noticed a bunch of yellowish circles > on my plane, > > and looking at my white car at the right angle it had the same yellowish > > tint. It appears my plane was decorated with the fallout from a > big sand or > > dust storm in China and Mongolia. > > This could be from spores that some pine trees release. Looks like very > fine yellowish dust... > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send > "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
