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TarJak
09-23-09, 07:59 AM
I awoke this morning just before dawn to a sight like this:

http://images.smh.com.au/2009/09/23/748756/Castle%20Hill%20Benjamin%20liu-600x400.jpg

Driving to work was like driving through thick red fog. Visibility was down to only a few hundred metres. The airport got closed for a while and Sydney Harbour ferries were also halted. The sky didn't really start to clear until around 2 or 3pm this afternoon.

A very eerie looking day.

http://www.smh.com.au/multimedia/national/dust-storm-swallows-sydney/20090923-g19h.html

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/sydney-dust-blanket-causes-highest-air-pollution-on-record-20090923-g1fw.html?autostart=1

More pics from smh here: http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/environment/dust-turns-sydney-sky-red/20090923-g0tw.html
SteamWake
09-23-09, 08:23 AM
I blame it all on those evil corporations and their huge profits and wreckless disdain for the enviroment.

Just ask the UN :salute:
nikimcbee
09-23-09, 08:30 AM
Great day to have asthma:doh:. So did you wear you afrika korps uniform to work?:haha:
Oberon
09-23-09, 08:32 AM
Ah, the Martian terraforming has begun early I see... :hmmm:
TarJak
09-23-09, 08:33 AM
Great day to have asthma:doh:. So did you wear you afrika korps uniform to work?:haha:
:har: Ja Ja!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-785-0285-14A,_Nordafrika,_Soldat_mit_Sandschutz.jpg
AVGWarhawk
09-23-09, 08:42 AM
I read a brief acticle on this. Very strange. Looks like Mars. :o
August
09-23-09, 08:49 AM
Dust bowl pics from the 1930's. Look familiar?
http://learnshareact.com/sustainable/files/2009/04/01_theb13652.jpg
http://lascrucesblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/dustbowl-1935.jpg
Jimbuna
09-23-09, 11:59 AM
Did you forget to remove the lens filter from your camera after that porno you shot last night :hmmm:
Oberon
09-23-09, 12:44 PM
Did you forget to remove the lens filter from your camera after that porno you shot last night :hmmm:

What the heck could he film in orange, Dave Dickenson and Dale Wintons Dirty day in Dartford? :hmmm:
Jimbuna
09-23-09, 12:50 PM
What the heck could he film in orange, Dave Dickenson and Dale Wintons Dirty day in Dartford? :hmmm:

Oh you'd be suprised, I saw some of his work in Houston last year, with a variety of different colour filters. :hmmm:
TDK1044
09-23-09, 01:03 PM
It's always like that in Sydney when Jim has just eaten a curry!
Jimbuna
09-23-09, 01:08 PM
It's always like that in Sydney when Jim has just eaten a curry!

LMAO :haha:

I tell you....it was so bad KL was forced to wear extra underwear and sleep with one eye open for fear of TarJak and his dreaded camera with the lens filters.

"Withdrawal symptoms from being away from sheep and kangaroos for so long" he told us :DL
TarJak
09-24-09, 08:10 AM
:har:

Jim's camerawork was so shaky I had to take over.