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defrog ([personal profile] defrog) wrote2009-09-23 07:34 pm

YR CITY LIES IN DUST, MY FRIEND

Here’s what Sydney, Australia looked like this morning.

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That’s the result of a dust storm that blew into the city overnight. It’s red because of the sunrise trying to pierce through the dust cloud. Surreal and beautiful, but a major pain even if you don’t develop asthma from it.

The Sydney Morning Herald has some stunning photos for you go look at, as well as some good commentary on what it is and how it happened.

Meanwhile, [livejournal.com profile] drhoz has the obvious Mars analogy covered.

Life on Mars,

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