Looks like skiing on Mars

25 Mar 2018 – Orange-tinted snow blanketed parts of Eastern Europe over the weekend, baffling people from countries like Russia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Romania and Moldova.

https://players.brightcove.net/2540076170001/SJgGRDOODz_default/index.html?videoId=5757579468001#t=7s

Meteorologists said the phenomenon was caused by sand from storms in the Sahara Desert mixing with snow and rain, and happens about every five years.

However, the concentrations of sand are much higher this time, with people even complaining of getting it in their mouths.

In a satellite image from NASA taken Friday, the dust was visible as a light brown streak staining the white clouds above Eastern Europe, according to the Weather Channel.

There are many links to this story, but I like this one the most:
https://www.9news.com.au/world/2018/03/26/08/29/orange-snow-russia-ukraine-romania-bulgari
a-moldova-sochi-resort-europe

Thanks to Jack Hydrazine, Dean Koehler and Klaus Kaiser for these links

Here are some of the other links:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/936514/Freak-weather-Orange-snowfall-tourist-ski-resort-Russia-Sochi

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/%E2%80%98skiing-on-mars%E2%80%99-strange-orange-snow-blankets-eastern-europe-here%E2%80%99s-why/ar-BBKIPDv?li=BBnbfcL

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43533804

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March 28, 2018 at 01:47PM