Seeing Red

by **Spyhawk** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 13:19

I had a little big surprise when I woke up this morning : Everything was red.

As a result of the hurricane who hang around in the South east, lot of sand from the South Australia desert had been brought to Sydney city : it is a dust storm. Dry, dusty and totally red.

Quite impressive when the day before was shining blue, kind of apocalypse day

See also this YouTube video, where the phenomenon was quite terrifying (a few hundred kilometer to the West where I live).

Unfortunately, I forgot to close the window last night... I still have lot of dust to clean in my room

Forecast tells that it is probable that tomorrow and Friday morning will be red.

by **Kitek** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 14:05

WoW. Its so strange, scary, and well, beauty. I didnt know about it.
No comments, really strange is our world

.

by **IceCreamy** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 14:11

Well, that must be cool

suddenly all is in red, even without glasses.

Well, enjoy cleaning up, now we all know we should never go to Australia

Well Spyhawk, I hope that dust will be the only thing flying around, let's hope that there won't be any kangaroos flying through your windows xD

by **warren-the-ape** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 14:49

Hehe, saw it on the news

Well at least the end of the world starts in Australia, gives me some extra time to finish my spaceship and get the hell (pun intended

) out of here

Or did you fed al those sheep some kind of explosive chili con carne Spy?

by **Baek** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 14:51

Lol strange and pretty nice.

I think it isnt dangerous ^^?

by **Spyhawk** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 15:02

Warren > A spaceship ? To get where ? As far as I know, the only more or less liveable planet around is Mars, and it's also red

Baek > Well, there is lot of dust in the air, and it is a natural atmospheric pollution. I have probably eaten more sand today than any other day in the last 24 years

Lot of people wear protective mask, as they were on sale those few months to fight swine flu.

by **Ammz** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 15:18

Spyhawk wrote:Warren > A spaceship ? To get where ? As far as I know, the only more or less liveable planet around is Mars, and it's also red

= fail

hehe

My teacher told me here today about the dust storm, but my god that looks really terrifying and unbelievable. Like 1 commenter said on that video "I would scream like a b*tch!" or "I would go to the nearest corner and pray"
It is really shocking how fast it turned dark and you begin thinking about those climate changes every one is talking about

by **Toup** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 15:19

WOW

If it was me , i think was aliens or the end of the world or something...

by **fantomas** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 15:23

Thx spy

Beautiful pictures . The Nature still somewhat surprising even to our century..!

by **IceCreamy** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 15:27

lol, I have gotten used to fanto posting at least one picture everytime he makes a post

Well, I think nature will turn against us more and more, because we don't really treat nature well either...

Spyhawk wrote:Warren > A spaceship ? To get where ? As far as I know, the only more or less liveable planet around is Mars, and it's also red

!owned

by **warren-the-ape** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 15:56

Spyhawk wrote:Warren > A spaceship ? To get where ?

To a galaxy far far away (planet of the bananas)

I'm building a vessel with warp capabilities, of course Oxyg3n is helping me out cause of his secret hide-out and technical expertise

Mars isn't a logical choice since it's even closer to the sun than earth.

by **Nismo** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 16:07

lal xD it could be hard to clean car after it

by **IceCreamy** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 17:05

wtf, Warren? Maybe you should take astronomy classes, because Mars really is further away from the sun then the earth...

Just for illustration, I already knew it before I looked it up

maybe I should stop posting here now, I feel I am annoying xD

by **Toup** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 17:40

Teatcher-WARREN!! Go to the board ...
Warren-Omg , F- ?????

by **warren-the-ape** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 17:47

Damnnn you Science!!

Still.. to close to the sun. But I'll stop hijacking this topic to propagate my crazy space endeavours

Ontopic:
I would clean out my pc after the dust is settled, just to be sure.

by **fantomas** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 18:21

IceCreamy wrote:lol, I have gotten used to fanto posting at least one picture everytime he makes a post

Well, I think nature will turn against us more and more, because we don't really treat nature well either...

Ooops sorry fomok...!

by **Ammz** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 19:23

Haha! It amazes me how fun this topic has become

...
Warren < Science!

Hey Spyhawk, you had any problems regarding the dust in anyway? Just like Warren said, clean the computer and everything technical from dust

Warren, can I book a seat on your ship?

!

by **deep** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 23:34

by **Spyhawk** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 0:20

Warren, Ammz> Yeah, I really should clean my lappy today... I just started it, and the CPU is already at 55Â°C :]

No red this morning, everything is as it should be. I think I should go to the beach today

by **Plastic_Jesus** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:51

I heard about that red dust storm yesterday. Everything was really red.

-*S

by **GoldenBullet** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 16:21

Wow! I would also have screamed, if I had been there at morning. Truely like a sign before apocalypse :D

@offtopic to Warren's space adventure and just to blow your mind (its a .gif so wait a moment):

by **Spyhawk** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 16:50

Ammz, Warren > No worries. The nearest star is a bit far away, but I am sure your great great grand children will have the opportunity to see it (if you solve the problem how to reproduce together

).

Talking about Hubble, I've met 2 years ago the only Swiss astronaut that went 4 times in space to repair the telescope (I had to ask him some question for a project I was working on). Really interesting guy

EDIT: Another YouTube video. This one is really impressive

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