The discovery bemused residents of a small town in northeastern Australia. The objects appear to be junk from a space launch, the country’s space agency said.

Winds from Tropical Cyclone Narelle stirred up rust-colored dust from iron-rich soil, tinging the sky over Western Australia with a reddish Mars-like hue.

Researchers filmed a 10-to-13-foot sleeper shark off the South Shetland Islands, in what may be the first recording of the species that far south.