Science Photo Gallery: Sydney's Blood-Red Dust Storm
Unusually strong 'westerly' winds and a decade-long drought in the inland part of southern Australia were to blame last month for the most intense dust storm this country has seen in seventy years. The result was a blood-red sky that pervaded ominously over hundreds of miles (through cities and fields), and even spread into nearby New Zealand, causing breathing problems, delayed flights, and apocalyptic fear.
