Volcanic ash...?

[timmyquest]

Is it just me or is there a lot of dirty sensors lately????

[Jon]

I think it's a combination of factors - new cameras that people are really tearing into as well as the "me too" factor - people looking at their sensors because other people have been. I just cleaned my D60 sensor (for the first time!) mainly because it'd been discussed a lot around here. It wasn't very dirty at all - only a couple of small spots on it after 2 years and a lot of lens changing, mostly outdoors in windy conditions and without turning the camera off, so I wouldn't have bothered without all the other discussion on it.

[Chris1le]

It sounds like those of us in the PNW might have to worry about ash on more than our sensors.

http://www.tribnet.com/news/story/5613112p-5544605c.html

[Jon]

I've been watching it (http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/) - looks like you're more in danger of rain spotting right now, though!

[Malaxos1]

I can see the mountain really good from my house here in Portland. It is cloudy today, but it is supposed to be clear for the next few days. I climbed the mountain two years ago and watched a webcam of the mountain to see what was going on bero hiking. Here is a link, if it blows, you should be able to see it here...Dean

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

[mjordan]

If it does blow, I hope the wind is blowing east until it subsides or all the rock and ash settle. But it's probably 50/50 that the wind will either be blowing west or east. And the Gorge asks as a funnel to channel anything in the air in the direction the wind is blowing.

Mike