Sydney Red Dust Storm
Amidst the rumors and Snopes denounced stories of Mars coming so close to earth that it would be the equivalent size of the moon, Sydney was hit with a massive red dust storm. The girlfriend of my brother in law took this picture from her flat in Sydney when it hit. I am starting to wonder if I am really on the same planet anymore. Maybe the flight over the Pacific also consisted of some sleeping gas halfway. Perhaps we made a short jump to light speed to take us home to our red planet? Nah… In any case, it is pretty cool that something that affects Sydney would not get us as bad in the Western regions.
September 28th, 2009 at 12:31 am
I enjoyed your synopsis of this dust storm. I am glad that I was not there at the time. It must have seemed very strange to look outsied and see the orange sky.