Wednesday, September 23, 2009

82) Red, red dust

Big low-pressure system swept in from the west bring amazing dust from the westerns deserts. Here is a view on the local beach! Not color altered!
Satellite image from this afternoon.


The Surf-life guys were out but few people were in the water.
















A photo (below) from the Sydney paper (online) - it was much worse down there - visibilities down to 10 m, flights and ferries canceled, huge hail.
And rain (which they liked) but combined with the dust in the air... created...mud from the sky!

A very alien looking place!

















A very strange light all day... I'm ready for the blue water and perfect sky we usually have! (Since the wind was from the west today, blowing "offshore," it was *not* a good day for kitesurfing--unless getting blown across the south pacific to Chile is someone else's idea of a good time!)