Wow, was it a sand storm or something to do with volcanic ash from an eruption?

Wow, amazing! thanks for the news, nat!

I heard this on the news on my to work this am,,,,, incredible sight,, though I am sure it was a nuisance for everything else
spectacular images all of you!!!!

I was watching it on the news thinking it wouldn’t be much fun for any of my biking brethren, and then one of them on what I think was a Honda Blackbird went past the camera. Hard men us.

probably the only one we’ll see for years! glad we had some eagle eyed photographers out there to mark this moment! fantastic images redbubblers!

Amazing photos!

Stunning images! Agnes xx

Awesome! Wish I lived there. Hope nobody got that dust in their camera!!!

Fascinating! :-)

pretty amazing… we get dust storms in Arizona, but nothing like this….

this is so amazing . . . . i am in vancouver, canada and on july 25th . . . .we too, had something very similar and surreal!!

roll on a 24 hours to film a mars movie competition!

Wow!! I missed the news; but thought this morning’s home page was one of the “prettiest” I had seen in a long time; although yesterday’s Eiffel Tower was hard to beat! lol.

OMGosh. A Sandstorm from the dessert? So the dessert is red? Come to think of it, I have seen those images of amazing red rock in some areas. Gorgeous images, all!

Thanks for illuminating the situation.

WOW! I hope that stays “unusual”

Just read one of the links up there to the NYT. You all stay safe, down there.
Gosh let us know if some Bausch and Lomb eye wash care packages are in order.

it looks really unusual ! i saw a big collection of these red pictures on Big Picture app om E71 – looks so WOW !!

Fascinating stuff!! Mother Nature puts on the best shows. Glad that everyone is alright and I hope nothing worse comes to town.

Newcastle City almost obliterated. I should have attended to the sat levels (the TZ7 tends to undersaturate) but you get the idea…

Just amazing!!!!

Here, in south-western Sydney, it apparently wasn’t as dramatic as in these pictures, which mainly seem to be from the coast. It was interesting, while driving around, in the afternoon to see the cars (just like mine) covered in dust. In 1967 and 1968, I taught in Bourke, where quite a lot of the time the sky looked like that.
I’m surprised that noone from the far west has written: “If you think that is a dust storm! This is a dust storm!!” (I did photograph my car but the dust was not very spectacular.)

Amazing pics! I hadn’t read the news this morning so I thought it was a collection of images with orange filters applied..! We do get sandstorms from nearby Northern Africa here in Sicily (and even some black rain when the Etna volcano erupts, but nothing comparable to this! Hope the people are doing ok.

yes these images are all amazing and you guys were really lucky to have that opportunity to be able to photograph this storm, thank goodness it wasn’t dangerous just beautiful to watch, i also read about it in the Toronto Star today, you Aussies take some wondrous images that’s for sure!!! take care, Patricia

wasn’t just Sydney

Fantastic images. Love the over view page. Its sure is very amazing.

wow ~ the colours are amazing
what a delightful collection of beautiful images

I wonder how many cameras will be dust affected, that dust lasted all day and only blew away in the evening. the red haze was eerie to say the least an if the end of the world is like that, well…... even the plants were struggling under the dust.

Most unusual and unique photo opportunity to be sure, though the where and how all that dust came about is far more concerning to some. I think they call it erosion, and millions of tons of quality top soil is blown away and dumped in the ocean, (regularly here in SA, Adelaide) due to the de-treeing that took place in Australia in the earlier years of ignorance.

Thanks for putting up the gallery…

We had a simular thing happen in Ballarat, Vic last year…it was a big dust storm spreading top soil from surrounding paddocks over the city!!
Awesome pics!!

I’m in Lismore on the NSW North coast and it was beautiful!
““http://www.redbubble.com/people/natsky/art/3817154-2-dust-storm-silhouette

I took shots from my backyard which were so vivid – It was like standing in a bushfire. Unfortunately the lens was covered in dust particles! . Love the above images but the aftermath is yuck – my white house is now red, and adding water turns the dust to mud!

I was in Ballina yesterday and took a number of images of the dust … here a couple of them … it was amazing light to work in!
: http://www.redbubble.com/people/forestgirl/art/3818728-2-babies-in-the-dust

What an unbelievable event

The images are sensational and very beautiful.

Here’s how NASA saw the dust storms …

Thankyou for showing 2 of my photographs here, it was such a surreal day. I only wish that I’d covered my mouth and nose with something as I’ve been coughing since! – I was just too caught up in the moment. 2 of my photo’s were shown on Sky News in the UK and are also on their website: http://yourphotos.sky.com (mine are 5 and 6)

I saw this on our news. Wow, these images are amazing. That was some Incredible dust storm and I would love to see some photos from space. Will have to check out NASA sight.

This is great – awesome photography to all. Love the colour of our sunburnt country.
I love Australia, even when it’s upside down and the soil is in the air.

Far out thats been dominating news here, its amazing….now they are scared itll get here. Pfft.
Lol

To FA Moore and any one OS who has no idea how red our dessert sand is, I’ve only just come across this picture Rust from the wonderful photographer Eden Sandwell

Unreal – looks like what life on Mars would be like!

wow

I can not even imagine what this was like, great that people were able to make art from it

This is just amazing!

Incredible! I saw this in our news here in Brazil! Beautiful and very scary too!

the dust was like talcum and my chest is still burning so so scarey …..

When I awoke yesterday at dawn I thought my bedroom was on fire, the light was that red. The air was still, which made it surreal and War of the Worlds stuff, and when I went outside to investigate I realised it wasn’t the light – it was the air and everything. Then my daughter texted me from her bedroom to check out the sky (!) The wind came later to take most of it away to New Zealand. Driving to work and not seeing anything but orange from the top of Gladesville Bridge and then Anzac Bridge I could not believe anyone would take a digital SLR out to shoot the massive amount of dust. Great photos but gee ….I hope those sensors survived! The air was so thick with dust, we can still smell it and feel it inside our office a day later. More dust is excpected to venture over our way from SA this weekend.

here in Mullewa we get dust storms frequently during the summer, when you can’t see more than about 300 or 400m in front of you and with howling winds and it all comes from farmers paddocks.

and it all comes from farmers paddocks.

and then we expect poor farmers to produce our food from what’s left!

LOL sorry forgot this wasn’t a forum thread! .... her RB perhaps it should be! =0þ

*“hey RB” that should be lol
(yes I’m a poet & I know it! lol)
Chookas! ♥

I do have to say…it looks pretty amazing. It’s lucky that no one has got seriously hurt and those with Asthma acted pretty quickly.
Photos from the country towns in NSW and Northern Vic where pretty amazing too. Their skies turned black like the night. I WISH I was there to catch a few snaps.

Hope everyone that was in the middle of it is okay!

Surreal…....... shows you the state of things inland…......top shots guys !!

Incredible, these dust storm images are just astounding! Can’t help but love that orange glow but so glad to hear that our Aussie friends are okay if a tad dusty! What an experience to go through! Is this a regular occurence or just an anomaly? That NASA shot is something else!

Hi Joanne,

The dust storm was an anomaly. It happened about 6-7 years ago as well. Although, the storm yesterday was far worse than the one a few years ago.

As for the dust in our cameras, well, everything at home is coated in a nice fine dust so my camera would have been as well. So, taking it outside was a sensible option I reckon. ;)) Besides, life is for living. ;))

Hmmm, now I know why someone thought I was in Australia when she viewed my Sedona images. I see some absolutely awesome shots. Great for photographers but probably difficult to breathe. Hope everyone is OK!

Unbelievable colours, well taken everyone and such a good idea to make this a gallery on its own.

Don’t forget QLD lol, this was our less than impressive dust cloud, but annoying nonetheless

and a before and after as it came in

Was it as bad as that?

I heard about it, but I didn’t see much from down here in Melbourne.

i saw these pictures and i LOVED them… really did look like a scene from mars…
and since i couldnt be in aus to enjoy it … i decided to bring the sandstorm to me…
(clickable pic)

i woke up with an ear full of dust and eyes i could hardly see out off lol … not to mention a weird itch on my throat :) gotta love sleeping with the window open!

you guys just becareful over there, yes its beautiful yet dangerous, and get a lot of cleaner for your sensors!

awesome shots!!

Awesome photos

hahahaha. this is so strange. i didn’t know a thing about it till my friend who is in Seattle US told me about it.. i had no idea!!!!!! beautiful pics btw.

Fantastic pics!
It was awesome, still trying to clean the dust off everything….someone might know the answer to this….
I had to go out yesterday and noticed through the red haze when drivers had their car lights on there appeared to be a blue light coming from the interior of the cars…really strange, just added to the strangness of the day.

wild!!
♥t

was quite red early on

They are the most gorgeous images.

Great shots! All of them!! I already have begun to clean up the house but the weather forecast says there is another dust storm this weekend and there are more to come over the next months. :(

Wow! Absolutely stunning images! Congrats to all featured photographers!! Amazing work : )

fantastic pics guys, you lot certainly do go through it what with the fires and now dust storms – good job youre a tough lot!
had to laugh at this

I love Australia, even when it’s upside down and the soil is in the air.

Such amazing and beautiful photography of such a strange phenomenon. I live two hours south of Sydney in Goulburn.. and while we had the dust storm as well it was not so dramatic.. but still cleaning up the aftermath.. my looks like it was buried in dust!!

Awesome images.

News reports the last occurrence of this nature in Sydney ( Australia) was over 70 years ago….
I can imagine it would of felt very surreal….

I woke up to the strong smell of dust..then looked out the window…red dawn..
http://www.redbubble.com/people/annmb78/art/3823877-2-red-dawn

Robyn Lakeman photographed it from above!

^^ thats a wicked shot from above! Yep I thought it was the end of the world when i woke yesterday!!!! ..... or someone blew up Ayres Rock!

I woke up at 5.30am after little sleep and thought “hmm i must be dreaming, the world has turned sepia” Leaving for work I felt an eerie calmess, that turned into roaring winds. We had calls from many concerned parents ‘Is school still open?’ Indeed it was and we spent the day with the kids who braved leaving the house in a semi-lockdown situation, confined to our classrooms all day. Weird day all round. Then returned to a funky 70’s design trend, an orange kitchen. #@x%x! Why did I leave my windows open !!

oh really scary, I hope it will end quickly…...

wow cool photo from above!!

took a couple of photos myself – freaked me out when I woke up!

The Red Centre Meets Sydney

Sydney Dust Storm

You can see the photos here and here :)

I’m based in London and I surprised myself by wishing I was back in Australia for some extreme air pollution! Jealous not to have been ‘home’ to photograph this! Hope you’re all breathing normally again

amazing . .I watched in on TV in Canada gorgeous shots

it was the same inrural Queensland as well…tht dust gets in everywhere…and there is more forecast for the weekend!!

Dang wished I lived in Sydney on that day, just for the photo ops but imagine the clean up afterwards, watched on the news that advertisers of cleaning products were taking advantage of this cleaning up issue and car washers were making lotsa money from all the dirty cars! Would have been an experince that’s for sure! Great images too by the way!

fabulous,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Amazing and awesome images; I trust everyone will recover from their coughs etc.

Incredible sight and amazing pics !!

Yet more of the same:

Marrickville Cricket Ground:

Random street (the ute was washed the day beforehttp://lh5.ggpht.com/_ex2SxmdjDqg/SrlU9lpVjBI/AAAAAAAACi4/eSnCQW4r2U0/s512/P1040579.JPG!

ABC news tonight… another dust storm heading over from South Australia… up early tomorrow, people! (and shut your doors and windows tonight!)

Wow – the pictures are amazing. What a unique act of nature. Hope all is well in Australia!!

amazing never seen anything like that..incerdible and hope all is welll and coping