Dig failure

[root@00-1b-fc-65-1b-68 /zones]# dig images.joyent.com

; <<>> DiG 9.8.0 <<>> images.joyent.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: REFUSED, id: 33865
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;images.joyent.com.             IN      A

;; Query time: 20 msec
;; SERVER: 213.229.69.134#53(213.229.69.134)
;; WHEN: Mon Apr 22 11:15:29 2013
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 35

[root@00-1b-fc-65-1b-68 /zones]# echo $?
0