23 Sep 2009, Posted by Cat in News, 10 Comments. Tagged weirdness
red dawn
Peeked through the blinds at 6 am to a still and lingering dawn. The sky was rust, like I’d woken on Mars. The cats were uneasy. They knew there was something wrong out there. Rob went outside for a clearer look. I hesitated. Too many novels and films with apocalyptic themes begin with home owners shielding their eyes to stare up at a troubled sky.
photos of red Sydney from SMH
10 Comments
September 22, 2009 11:36 pm
karenmiller
It was brilliant!!!
September 23, 2009 12:43 am
tallaudrey
Holy crap. You want an apocalypse with that?
September 23, 2009 12:43 am
tallaudrey
Holy crap. You want an apocalypse with that?
September 23, 2009 12:56 am
benpeek
if it didn’t come with all this dust, it’d be cool.
September 23 2009 00:56 am
Cat @
yeah, Rob's really regretting that car wash he paid for last week...
September 23, 2009 2:04 am
punktortoise
It’s a little like Mars, but even more like Titan for coloration, I reckon. Mars is more given over to a sort of salmony-sandy-pink, whereas Titan does more of the orangy-red-brown tones that the SMH pix are showing. (Incidentally, if the colour values of the SMH photos are true, then I’m distinctly envious: we had the dust yesterday in Canberra, but all it could manage here was a sort of yellowy-brown. Mind you, I didn’t get to see it at sunrise or sunset, which is when it might have been more spectacular. But certainly an atmospheric phenomenon, in more senses than one.)
September 23 2009 02:07 am
Cat @
So, you've actually been to Mars and Titan then, have you?
September 23, 2009 11:37 pm
jo1967
“Too many novels and films with apocalyptic themes begin with home owners shielding their eyes to stare up at a troubled sky.”
I’m so glad it’s not just me who has that thought go through their head at times like this *grin*. I really should change my reading list…
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