Orange haze blankets Sydney as city, NSW shrouded by dust

[Kryptonite]

RESIDENTS of Sydney and parts of New South Wales have awoken to scenes likened to "armageddon", with limited visibility and orange skies.

Large areas have been shrouded in dust as the state experiences severe winds and unseasonably warm temperatures.

Bureau of Meteorology spokeswoman Jane Golding said dust had settled on much of the state, including Sydney.

"It's pretty widespread," she told ABC Radio.

"We've had reports of low visibility up out as far up as Moree, Dubbo, Canberra's got some raised dust in the area and Wollongong, so it's very widespread."

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I can say I haven't seen this before , its quite amazing

[Luke]

It would be better news if it happened in orange county.

(Different country I know but eh.)

Still does look pretty awesome.

[Yolk]

Imagine waking up to that!

[Oh Sh*t!]

So weird, yet so cool.

[Lbulmer94]

its not as orange here, and the laptop doesnt do justice to the colour, but here are some photos from my front lawn. it is quite dusty with hot gusts of wind. and in the time it took to upload these photos to photobucket, it has become dustier and more orange

[Lbulmer94]

here is an update


that is the sun, surrounded by a cloud of dust. this gives the best impression of what the sky is like

these start to show the dust

[Lbulmer94]

and it only gets dustier

[Kryptonite]

Yes your getting what I had this morning it looks like

[Lbulmer94]

has it passed over you yet?

[David]

That's crazy. Super cool.

[Lbulmer94]

i can smell and taste the dust now... and i'm inside with my window closed

[irishamerican]

Its like the dust bowl

[Kryptonite]

Leo apparently its coming to NZ so watch out

[Demoniaco]

Was gonna post this ^^,

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/glance/86...dney-skies-red

looks amazingly cool!

[NaFenn]

if only it happened in Orange oh the irony