Addition: Also have a look at what a little bit of rain does.
Earlier this year there was a bit of a dust storm at Fregon Community in the AP lands South Australia. (click on the pictures to see it in all its glory). These pics from a Remote Area Nurse.
I’m sure they were cleaning dust out of every nook, cranny and orifice for weeks!
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Man, something about dust storms makes my hair stand on end. Maybe it’s from reading Frank Herbert, I dunno. Really cool pictures!
Amazing pictures. I can taste the dust – and can’t get it out of my mouth
Beautiful pictures, but frightening. Surprised that the camera kept working.
p.s. a mild storm went over your blog as well. It looks very well. I like it.
Jacqueline
Amazing pictures Robbo!
Seeing them reminded me of an ancient Tamil poem that talks about “Red Earth and Pouring Rain“
Thanks Vijay – I’d like to see that Tamil poem if you know of an English version anywhere.
Wow wow wow! Amazing. My compliments to remote area Nurse photographer. *PERFECT* BitingTheDust blog photograph
It reminded me of a scene in Derby in the far north of WA whereby a group of us were gathered at the local walk-in theater on Loch Street when all of a sudden the sky turned black. It was nothing short of a locust plaque sweeping through the town and for us poor souls, the women lifted their skirts over their head whilst cramping down in a sitting position and us uneducated men folk, took the full brunt of impact? I had longer hair back then and can vividly recall the agony of having grasshoppers pulled out of my hair…it wasn’t fun! In a sandstorm, the dust would certainly have penetrated every much loved home computer and it does destroy machinery. Beauty has its wonders and it also leave a path of destruction behind in it’s wake.
I’ve driven through one of these in Saskatoon. They are blinding and more dangerous than fog.
Awesome photos. On the one hand, I would love to take photos like that, but on the other hand, I am glad I never came across such a thing on my travels in Australia.
I reckon there’s a lot of dust to bite after you hit one.
We saw some dust storms when we lived in Oklahoma. The sky was red, but we never saw dust rolling across the surface like those top photos. Looks like an ocean wave.
Incredible photos!!