{"id":901,"date":"2018-03-26T05:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T03:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/czechpoints.com\/?p=901"},"modified":"2019-07-11T16:37:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T14:37:20","slug":"bizarre-orange-snow-blankets-eastern-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/czechpoints.com\/bizarre-orange-snow-blankets-eastern-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Bizarre Orange Snow Blankets Eastern Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Orange-tinted snow has swept across Russia, Bulgaria, Romania and other countries in eastern Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pictures of the snow have shown up on social media including from skiers at a resort near the Russian city of Sochi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The unusual sight is believed to be the result of sand and dust stirred up and carried into the atmosphere from\u00a0storms\u00a0in North Africa, before being deposited in the region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Steven Keates, of the\u00a0Met Office, said the phenomenon was \u201cfeasible\u201d and had previously been seen elsewhere around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThere has been a lot of lifted sand or dust originating from North Africa and the Sahara, from sand storms which have formed in the desert,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cAs the sand gets lifted to the upper levels of the atmosphere, it gets distributed elsewhere.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cLooking at satellite imagery from\u00a0Nasa, it shows a lot of sand and dust in the atmosphere drifting across the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhen it rains or snows, it drags down whatever is up there, if there is sand in the atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Where the particles of sand or dust are deposited depends on the direction of the wind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Last year, the sun and sky over the UK turned a red colour as a result of\u00a0Hurricane Ophelia\u00a0draggingg tropical air and dust from the Sahara.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2007, residents of Siberian towns reported foul-smelling orange snow that was oily to the touch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Officials said the snow was caused by a storm in neighbouring Kazakhstan that had swept up dust and clay and deposited it on the Omsk region.<\/p>\n

According to Russia\u2019s environmental watchdog, however, the snow was possibly the result of chemical pollution as it contained large amounts of iron, acids and nitrates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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