Oh Snap! Red Sky at Morning, Aussies Take Warning

Oh Snap! Red Sky at Morning, Aussies Take Warning

September 23, 2009

by POPSUGAR Sex & Culture 11

Sydney, Australia's Luna Park looks a little eerie against the glowing red sky. Thanks to a major windstorm, a gigantic dust cloud is blanketing the city, interrupting air travel and posing some health risks. At least it makes for some beautiful photographs.

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11 Comments

jaan_black 3 years 34 weeks

beautiful

3 years 34 weeks

It wasn't just Sydney. The entire eastern side of Australia copped it.

gruaig_rua 3 years 34 weeks

I woke at 6am and my room was filled by this intense orange light. I looked outside and had no idea what was going on! It was a gorgeous sight. Not so much fun when you're coughing on the dust and rubbing it out of your eyes though.

ceej

ceej 3 years 34 weeks

It was actually red top soil from thousands of kilometres away. I thought it was a fire at 5am when we were woken up by eery sky. Still wiping up red dirt today! It sometimes gets swept across to the snowfields of New Zealand and they get red snow. That's global warming for you folks!

biarose 3 years 34 weeks

*cloud

biarose 3 years 34 weeks

Do you mean 'dust' storm?

PinkNC 3 years 34 weeks

They did a good job taking these photographs

Kimpossible 3 years 34 weeks

Amazing. It's so cool how some of natures more negative affects are photographers dream situations.

nancita 3 years 35 weeks

Wow, these really are eerie. I love the one of the swimming pool.

urban chic 101 3 years 35 weeks

Haboobs... they happen.

Gdeeaz 3 years 35 weeks

the pictures people posted on twitter yesterday were crazy. it seems the pics you posted were taken later in the day because the ones i saw the sky was a really deep red.