Australia Dust Storm

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The iconic Sydney Opera House is cloaked in red as dust clouds blanket much of Sydney in Australia's New South Wales state, Sept. 23, 2009. Flights were diverted as a blanket of red dust shrouded much of Australia's heavily populated east coast as the weather system moved in from the Outback.

Author: CBS News Staff

Credit: AP Photo/Rick Rycroft

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