This picture was clicked on a Sunday morning as the city woke up to a sandstorm!!
The intensity of a bright red Sun was greatly reduced by sand in the atmosphere. Even though sand storms are common in the month of may, they have reduced greatly over last 20 years.
This picture was clicked on a flyover overlooking a metro station and an overhead metro line in the background.
This post joins other bloggers’ skies at SkyWatch Friday
JaipurThruMyLens 
Looks like thick mist. Great shot.
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lina! Its not a mist…these are very fine & tiny particle of sand! thanks for appreciation!
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Not the sort of sky you hope to see often. Thankfully it wasn’t like that when I was there many years ago.
How is Jaipur fairing the recent heatwave?
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karen! surely the sand storm numbers have reduced over the years…thanks to climate change, rapid urbanization…and so on! This year intensity of heatwave has reduced greatly…thanks (again) to climate change..unseasonal showers are usual after 2-3 hot days! met department has predicted less than normal monsoon this year! how’s it in Aus?
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I don’t like mist at all, but your picture is very nice !
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Gattina! This is not mist…its very fine & tiny sand/dust particles!…thanks for appreciating the picture!
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I’ve read that these dust storms can be pretty invasive!
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The ones here in Jaipur are not…but yes, the ones in western part of the state are little more intense!
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That must have been scary!
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BellyByte! it wasn’t that bad actually!
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Your picture is very nice! Thanks for stoping by my blog! Greetings from Romania!
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You must be brave to expose your camera to so much sand. Tricky.
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S.C. ! it wasn’t that bad and it was on decline… otherwise I wouldn’t have taken a risk! also, the intensity of sand storms in urban areas is not that pronounced!
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It’s a wonderful shot, but it must be quite awkward to walk in that cloud of dust and sand.
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Jan! to my luck, it wasn’t that intense and wasn’t that bad! but later that night sand storm was definitely intense and pretty bad!
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I wonder what it would be in another 20 yrs, maybe clear environment all year around.
Nice shot though!
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Its quite scary and not easy to answer! But I’m sure we are heading towards an ecological disaster! …..Human greed!!
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very very good shot! well done 🙂
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thanks amy!
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sandstorm doesn´t sound like fun. But you got a great shot 🙂
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Naturefootstep foto! I’m not sure if you experience sand storm at the place where you reside, but out here they are not usually very intense or very destructive. Many times sand storm is followed by few minutes of drizzle!
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