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This week I experienced something for the first time in my
life. During the morning of Wednesday, 23rd September 2009,
the Illawarra region, as well as most of New South Wales, experienced
an amazing dust storm.
The dust storm had its origins in South
Australia and reached the coastline of New South Wales not
long after sunrise. The dust had traveled more than 1400 kilometres
(about 880 miles). It was an eerie experience. The orange
and red glow streamed through
the curtains
and
I immediately
grabbed my camera and went outside to diocument the experience.
The Sydney Morning Herald has created a site
dedicated to the event and there is also a Flickr group
~ The
Red Sydney Project The Dust Storm Days. I took the first
nine photographs on the morning of the 23rd September
2009,
from my home, of the
suburb in which I live. The final five photographs were taken
three days later on the 26th September when a less substantial
dust storm also crossed the region early in the morning. The
sun was nicely filtered by the dust.
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