Taipei Times
Date:  Aug 13, 2015

Scientists have finally solved the mystery of a milky rain that **coated** cars and raised

Cracks appear in the dry bed of the Nanhua Reservoir in Tainan on April 17.
四月十七日台南南化水庫乾涸見底，出現龜裂。
Photo: Wu Chun-feng, Liberty Times
照片：自由時報記者吳俊鋒

eyebrows across a wide swathe of North America’s Pacific Northwest region this February. A Washington State University team said they had determined that dust from the dry bed of a shallow lake some 772 kilometers from where the rain fell was to blame for the unusual precipitation.

The rain left a trail of powdery residue across a nearly 322-kilometer stretch of eastern parts of Oregon and Washington State, leaving scientists and residents **perplexed** about its origins. Some scientists initially **speculated** that an erupting Japanese volcano was the source of the powdery white substance. Others blamed wildfires, and some thought that a Nevada dust storm was the cause.     [FULL  STORY]