Red Dust

Dust Storm Sydney 23rd Sept

by Highranger

Tom Coates says: Difficult for me to describe how beautiful this one is in any way that would exceed the photo itself.

Luna Park - Sydney Dust Storm

by tomhide

Tom Coates says: It might be the most sinister picture ever taken. The red haze gives everything a post-apocalytic feel to it, and when you combine that with the deserted fair imagery (and the reflection) then it just makes me shudder.

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by africadunc

Tom Coates says: This one seemed to be the purest image, really. The beach, the water and the sky erased into a rusty blur.

Sydney Dust Storm

by tomhide

Tom Coates says: It's almost a classic frame for a picture, but the additional epic dust and the fact that it's not a sepia image but real-life makes it particularly interesting.

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by africadunc

Tom Coates says: This one appealed to me mainly because of the shock of the surfing year in this environment.

Sydney 7am...rojo

by eddy_

Tom Coates says: This one got me excited because of the depth of the haze and the colour. This seems like an early morning photo. Everyone's still asleep.

Red Street

by sebr

Tom Coates says: One of the first photos I stumbled upon. It genuinely just looks like a sepia print from the sixties or something. I think that's why I like it so much.

Eek what's happening!!!

by Gun Sydney

Tom Coates says: A more urban view. You seem to get the strongest colours when looking down on the world. More air between you and the stuff, I guess.

Dust Storm Sydney - George Street

by Highranger

Tom Coates says: Just awesome because of the fish-eye effect.

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by uminarampart

Tom Coates says: Trying to find a bit of older architecture to highlight. Has a different feel to it.

Red, Dusty and Windy!

by tomhide

Tom Coates says: Another epic bridge shot. Disappearing into nothing.

Inner city dust storm

by Marilia Ogayar

Tom Coates says: I went for this one because of the green of the leaves and the older architecture. It makes it clearer that it's not just a photoshop effect.

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by Mezza

Tom Coates says: One of my absolute favourites but one I almost didn't put in here because the green was such a contrast that it almost breaks the effect of the rest of the pictures. But again, it helps you understand what's going on outside. So in the end, it wins.

Sydney Dust Storm #6

by dmmaus

Tom Coates says: Last picture - this one I liked for the contrast and the lines. The left side is the hallucinogenic ultraworld, gone a little unreal. The right hand side, the normal world of our perceptions. It looks startlingly real. It keeps reminding me of Nick Harkaway's novel The Gone Away World in which a lot of the world goes... a bit strange ... and only small areas are kept 'real'.