Yesterday, I was riding the Amtrak train past Lawrence Point in Queens, NY, and saw twin smokestacks emitting clouds. But one of them had a distinctly yellow color. What's up with that? I wonder if we could measure an absorption line with our spectrometers in the sunlight going through that plume.
Anyone know more about this site and what that might be? The site is here:
https://www.google.com/maps?ll=40.789224,-73.906075&spn=0.005307,0.006325&t=h&z=18
Here's a Google Maps 3d view of the smokestacks:
Also, http://alerts.skytruth.org doesn't show anything for that site:
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With a quick search I found this (http://www.epa.gov/ttnemc01/methods/VECourse.pdf) and on page 3-6 it talks about visible gases being nitrogen dioxide which will have a yellowish brown color. I was hunting a bit on google maps and the four stacks are a power plant(http://www.uspowergen.com/). Couldnt find anything about the two-stack plant. +1 for tag watchdog!
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Great sleuthing! I don't know much about N02... i assume it's regulated...
I wonder if that plant is always spewing it and if it's legal.
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