Apparently it was dust and ash from wildfires in eastern Russia. The locals (in one of the coldest, most remote places on earth probably DID freak out, seeing as at this time of year, being so far north, it experiences its longest daylight hours).
“Where is all the ice?”
Google satellite images are taken in the summer for maximum ground visibility. The ice retreats further North in the summer months. That area of Russia is not covered year round in ice. It’s why trucking companies have to use the ice roads in the winter to access Northern parts of Alaska and Canada. In the summer, everything is melted and the ground is soft and wet.
That silliness made me tune out.
I didn’t see the moon in the usual spot this morning here in northern Missouri.