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GALLERY OF GOOD BAD DAYS |
Historical images of Phoenix Visibility Web Camera data have
been selected to visually depict the range of Visibility Index categories,
seasonal conditions, layered haze, and other unique events.
Features for each site-specific image gallery
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Image spectrums consisting of a
series of excellent to very poor regional haze
conditions corresponding to deciview increments
of the Visibility Index scale. |
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Seasonal images representative
of pristine, scenic, or meteorological interest. |
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Unique representations of layered
haze, regional haze, or pollution episodes of
significant importance. |
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Site-specific galleries can be accessed by
selecting the site of interest below. |
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Individual images can be downloaded (saved) to your local hard
drive by right-clicking the image and Save As file type of your
choice. For more air quality information contact
us at Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ).
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Unique Event galleries depict unique pollution episodes
or meteorological events that represent air quality conditions from
one or more scenic urban or rural vistas in the Phoenix, Arizona
region. |
| Dust Storm –
May 2003
Strong sustained winds produced significant amounts of blowing
dust in April and May of 2003. The following views from the
Camelback Mountain and South Mountains Web cameras represent
two days during the observed May 16 through 24, 2003 period. |
May 22, 2003 |
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| Camelback Mountain viewing 42° Northeast at 9:15
a.m. |
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South Mountain viewing 183° South at
9:15 a.m. |
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May 23, 2003 |
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| Camelback Mountain viewing 42° Northeast at 9:15
a.m. |
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South Mountain viewing 183° South at 9:15 a.m. |
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| Southern California
Wildfires – October 2003
In October of 2003, Southern California experienced the most
devastating wildland fire disaster in state history. Over
750,000 acres burned. Smoke from the wildfires caused unhealthy
levels of particulate pollution in a large expanse of Southern
California and the Southwestern United States.
Visibility in the Phoenix region was noticeably impacted
from October 26 through November 9, 2003. The following images
depict visibility conditions for each of the Phoenix.net Web
cameras on the morning of October 30, 2003. |
October 30, 2003 |
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| Superstition Mountains viewing 90° East
at 9:30 a.m. |
Camelback Mountain viewing 42° Northeast
at 10:00 a.m. |
South Mountain viewing 183° South at
10:00 a.m. |
Estrella Mountains viewing 180° South
at 7:15 a.m. |
White Tank Mountains viewing 274° West
at 15:15 p.m. |
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| Urban Fire Smoke
Impacts
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December 28, 2003 |
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| View of a structure fire (42 ° Northeast)
from the Camelback Mountain Web camera, 8:30 a.m. |
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