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\"http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r96/jfallows/IMG_5288.jpg\"

143 days until the opening ceremony of the Olympics, but the sandstorms will have ended by then.

Out the same window, on a nice day last fall:

\"http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r96/jfallows/IMG_4315.jpg\"

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