Dust in a halfpipe

Dust plume ahead! Will it eventually make it up to the top of the halfpipe? Ready to leave the Dyngjusandur area?

It should be like in a halfpipe: Dust source at the bottom, mountain ridges to the east and west, perfectly channeling dust transport in north-south direction.

Admitted, this sounds a bit too ideal to be real. We are curious to know how often and how much dust is leaving the dusty halfpipe of the Flæður towards the east or the west. Two days ago, we installed one of our mobile OPC stations on the roof of the mountain fringe. And today we stop by to transfer the first recording to our server – plenty of dust seen on the hill top!

Yes, dust is able to leave the halfpipe and travel beyond Dyngjusandur!