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Everything in Sydney was covered with a fine layer of orange dust.
Everything in Sydney was covered with a fine layer of orange dust. Photo: Zennith Geisler
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Inside Sydney during the red-dust storm

Sep 23, 2009
Sydney residents woke up on Wednesday morning to an eerie orange glow as the sun fought to break through a massive cloud of red dust that had been blown over the city by strong winds. This freak weather sent administrators into emergency mode as they battened down the hatches and sealed entrances to their datacentres to protect their precious servers from dust-damage.

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