Dust Storms Darken Sydney

I had to do a post about this because the visuals are just so cool. This past week Sydney, Australia was blanketed by the worst dust storms in nearly 70 years, as high winds deposited inches of the Outback across the city. That sounds pretty bad, but the pictures though looked like something out of Mad Max III, with iconic Sydney landmarks barely visible in the rust-colored sky. Check out this picture below from the London Telegraph of the Sydney Harbour Bridge:


The historic storms were blamed on a combination of long-term drought and high westerly winds. Some parts of Sydney reported several inches of dust on the streets, visibility measured in just feet and the highest air pollution counts on record.