By the time he arrived at the 4th tee (he started on the 10th) the 42-year-old had already subsided to six over.
Those models assumed that the additional aerosols pumped into the atmosphere by such events at the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines would eventually subside to zero.
Gradually, with the help of an anti-attendance advertising campaign, the crowds subsided, to 1.4 million visitors last year, slightly more than half from Southern California, about the levels museum administrators had projected for the opening, but well above what they thought would be routine.
Lyth made a fine 106 – including two sixes off Jamie Overton and one off Jack Leach – but Yorkshire subsided to 237 for nine as they lost five for 11 before Steve Patterson and Jack Brooks shared an unbeaten 69 for the final wicket.
England finished on 300, an excellent total batting first, that looked even better when Jordan and Root both took two wickets as Australia subsided to 122 for five after 23 overs.
Kohli's departure was the first of three wickets to fall in as many overs as India subsided to 67 for five, Suresh Raina edging behind off the spin of Moeen Ali and Finn removing Ambati Rayudu via the same mode of dismissal to ensure a busy night for Buttler behind the stumps.
By the time Robert Taylor found the edge of Steven Crook's bat, Middlesex had subsided to 320 for eight.
The contest was all-but decided by the halfway stage of the chase as Australia subsided to 137 for five - with power hitter Andrew Symonds retired hurt and unable to return.
By the time Ben Stokes followed successive boundaries by picking out McCullum at mid-off from Ben Wheeler, and Jason Roy gifted Andrew Mathieson a wicket from his first delivery in international cricket, England had subsided to 45 for five from 8.1 overs, needing 147 runs from 106 balls.
Ravindra Jadeja then claimed four wickets as England subsided to 161 in their rain-adjusted chase of 295.
After half centuries from Misbah-ul-Haq and Asad Shafiq, Steyn did the damage with the new ball to collect his 10th five-wicket haul as Pakistan lost six wickets for 59 to subside to defeat with five sessions still remaining.
