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Article: NSW: Red is the new blue when dust hits the air: scientist
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- September 23, 2009
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AAP General News (Australia)
09-23-2009
NSW: Red is the new blue when dust hits the air: scientist
SYDNEY, Sept 23 AAP - The orange haze from a dust storm that has enveloped Sydney and
other parts of NSW is caused by the same scattering process that normally makes the sky
blue.
University of Sydney physicist Tony Monger says dust storms were common in Sydney decades
ago but have been relegated more to rural parts of the state in recent times.
"If you live out in the country you see this all the time," Dr Monger told AAP.
"But in the city it's more unusual and has been more unusual in the last 20 or 30 years."
Dust storms that hit parts of NSW on Tuesday arrived in Sydney on ...