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Continuing our road trip, we descended from Courmayeur through the Vallee d'Aosta and around mid-morning were surrounded by a thick, matte grey haze just north of Novara, en route to Milan. As a satellite pass was imminent we decided to stop at an 'area di servizio' and take a short break. The AdS turned out to be crowded with trucks (one with a banner reading HOPTRANS) and cars, so the only place to set up the ground station was in a tiny children's playground called PlayLand, ringed with a fence. As the image loaded it showed a promiment veil of dust crossing the Mediterranean and completely covering Italy. Later as we were driving further east, we noticed that rain drops made small red marks on the windscreen.
Date
30 March 2024 11:19:06Location
Playground at the Area di Servizio, Novara SudCountry or Territory
ItalyName
Sasha EngelmannSatellite
NOAA-18Radio Callsign
M6IOR
Latitute / Longitude
45.468354, 8.656448
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