‘Holy crap, this is insane’: mineworkers describe being caught in huge outback dust storm
Massive cloud over Tanami desert in Northern Territory reminiscent of Uluru, onlookers say
Lachlan Marchant and his colleagues were driving their golf buggies back to their shed when they saw the earth sweeping towards them.
“It reminded us of Uluru, the sheer size and width of this thing,” Marchant said. “It was just rolling at us.”
On Sunday, for the second day in a row, a dust storm swept over one of Australia’s largest underground goldmines in the remote Tanami desert.
The Newmont mine maintenance team had been working since 6.30am and were preparing to take their break when Marchant, a plumber, spotted the orange bloom approaching slowly from the south.
By about 4pm, the cloud had enveloped the horizon on the Tanami desert, nearly 1,000km south of Darwin.
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