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‘Apocalyptic’ Red Dust Storm in Australia – You know what they say; Red sky in the morning…
Amazing! This is not a hollywood special effect nor is it a photoshop hue, but practically science fiction come reality: The worst dust storm Sydney has seen in 70 years –
A man walks his dog through Observatory Hill near Sydney on September 23, 2009 as Australia’s biggest city is shrouded in an eerie blanket of red dust.
Darling Harbour – Monorail
Sydney office buildings seen through the haze of a dust storm.
The Sydney Harbour Bridge vanishes into a dust cloud.
South view George Street toward the airport.
The above image is from NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite. In the image, you can see the dust rising and heading east in plumes.