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Massive dust storm transforms Sydney into an alien world
Ever wonder what it'd be like to live on Mars? Australians got a little taste of it on Wednesday, as a massive dust storm 310 miles wide and 620 miles long swept over the country's eastern states, carrying over 75,000 tons of red dust in a gale that was visible from space. The skies turned orange and everything turned red from the dust, and luckily there were some intrepid photographers on the scene in Sydney to bring us the alien-looking landscape. It's the worst dust storm Australia's experienced in 70 years.
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Above is a selection of our favorites from "Red Dust," a Flickr group currated by Tom Coates. There's also an impressive collection over at The Big Picture.
And here's a newscast on how it all went down:
Via Laughing Squid
By Kash at 3:15 PM ON 09/24/09
Wow, that looks pretty nuts, like that movie with Arnold Swarzenegger (spelling mistake for sure), where he was on Mars, Total Recall, I think. I'd flip out if I woke up one morning and NYC was all of a suddent turned Orange. http://ZiggyTek.com/
By Mihos at 3:30 PM ON 09/24/09
Get your ass to Mars!
By monster at 5:51 PM ON 09/24/09
Wow which genius at ITN fact-checked that video, Sydney's not the capital of Australia, Canberra is (mistake is at around 0:53 if you're interested)
By Russ at 7:48 PM ON 09/24/09
Anyone know where I can see better photos of this?
Or perhaps even the same photos, but not on this website?
(No offense dvice, but your site sucks balls for browsing photos)
By start1010 at 1:37 AM ON 09/25/09
no its not the capital of Australia, but it is the capital of New South Wales, which is what i think they where referring to =D
By Equinox at 1:38 AM ON 09/25/09
Probably meant the capital of the state.
By Philip Ze at 9:50 AM ON 09/28/09
I saw the photos from our local news paper, is the dust storm over now ?
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