Throughout "Red Dust" run vivid descriptions of a China unknown and probably unknowable to outsiders.
He thinks exoplanets are pulled towards the star by the dust and that when the dust runs out, the exoplanets stop moving.
Many of the greatest filmmakers, such as Carl Dreyer and Robert Bresson, have favoured naturalism in makeup the unadorned lines of old age or a face caked with dust, running with perspiration.
Roads were bumpy red dust runs before being tarmacked over in the last decade, and the island's international airport didn't open until 2012 – two years before authorities allowed foreign tourists to visit the island for 30 days, visa free.
The alarm was raised by resident Alexandre Sousa, 31, who saw the tell-tale wall of red dust and ran to warn his wife and two small daughters.
Less than three months ago millions of Indians were suffering from one of the worst droughts in the country's history: fields turned to dust, wells ran dry and villagers prayed for rain.
The whole force disintegrated as soldiers flung their rifles into the dust and ran away or chased after speeding vehicles to hurl themselves aboard, away from the fighting.
I always walked to the post office with my dog, and even that little effort, that mile of dirt road, blowing with dust or running with mud or silent under new snow, made the mail that much more meaningful.
The resultant "cut-down" tender included new, enclosed storage for fire-irons and glass spectacle plates to protect the crew from flying coal dust when running tender-first.
The resultant 'cut-down' tender included new, enclosed storage for fire-irons, revised step ladders and glass spectacle plates to protect the crew from flying coal dust when running tender-first.
