Red Australia

I saw this on the news tonight and thought it was fascinating. No, the photo is not edited (Photoshoped) that's the way the sky looked today in Eastern Australia.

High winds blew dust in from the outback and filled the air with a new record high air pollution level. Windstorms are common in the center of Australia but seldom are the winds strong enough to blow the dust into the populated areas of the coast.

The dust caused airline delays and the residents were warned to stay inside if they had any respiratory problems.

As odd and potentially dangerous as it was, it made for some very pretty photographs.