The Harmattan is blowing in
african dust is kicked up and blown west on the trade winds where it freezes in midair and falls on your tongue and mittens.
Ten minutes after I took this the dust rolled over us and the sky went nearly black.
In this post: Wiki about the harmattan. How snowflakes are formed.
Man, this is amazing, the image looks like the background is fake for some reason.
hash
7 Jan 09 at 1:16 am
heh. buildings are all new construction. or could be my dubious post processing skills.
Kari
7 Jan 09 at 1:18 am
Dubious? Hardly. I love how the cow “pops”, makes the differences in the life very, very obvious.
Taylor Davidson
7 Jan 09 at 2:36 am
Very nice popping indeed!
Brian
7 Jan 09 at 4:05 am
i remember my mom frantically wiping down all our counter tops and floors, only to have them covered in thick, red dust five minutes later… even with the shutters closed, the dust had a way of finding it’s way into our house… red hair, red clothes, red skin…
bonnie
7 Jan 09 at 1:30 pm
Great photo! Looks like your in Grand Yoff or anywhere in Dakar for that matter. What kind of post processing did you do? Great effect
Matt Berg
8 Jan 09 at 2:37 am
Harmattan here in Niger is often a slower process, and can keep the sun away for days. The sudden, dark, muddy curtains are drawn prior to the first rain storms, that come in May-June during warm season. Great pic! When I go to Nigeria, it always dawns on me that the cows go from a rich brown (as in Niger) to white. Are the cows in Senegal mostly white/whitish too?
Esther Garvi
8 Jan 09 at 2:45 pm
wow. that looks like star wars… the desert planet. if alyson was awake she would know what i am talking about.
I love the dubious post processing, too! it looks more than real.
angie
9 Jan 09 at 3:50 am
i remember having to run to school in swirling sand with plastic raincoats over our heads. do you remember that?
joie
9 Jan 09 at 5:46 am
wow – this reminds me of life in Tunis …..
Szavanna
9 Jan 09 at 8:02 am
It’s in Parcelles near the day market. I added a little DOF to make the cow pop (and loc).
Kari
9 Jan 09 at 9:21 am
we have (how now) brown cows here too. i love cows.
Kari
9 Jan 09 at 9:22 am
tatooine. wow, you’re right.
thanks. it really is real!
Kari
9 Jan 09 at 9:24 am
remember the locust plagues?
Kari
9 Jan 09 at 9:26 am
oh, i do!! they ate everything!! especially sad was the cashew trees… =( and the corn…
bonnie
9 Jan 09 at 6:36 pm
Your photos are crisp. I love this site. Good Job!
Faisaliya
13 Jan 09 at 5:59 am
Wow, it’s an amazing picture! It’s looks like a minituare fake town, the ones created for movies or museums , it’s awesome! You’re a great photographer! God has really give you a gift! They complete your stories, the heart of Africa!
I’m such a big fan of yours!!! Luv ya sis!
Grisel
15 Jan 09 at 9:38 pm
This photo remember me as the waste land by T.S. Eliot.
How many years are you live in west-Africa Miss. kari?
jinny
11 Apr 10 at 3:34 am