"As rain falls through air thick with Saharan dust, it picks up tiny particles of reddish-brown sand, leaving rusty orange smears on cars, windows and garden furniture. If your car looks like it's been lightly coated in mud after a shower this week, this is why."
"Once it is lifted from the ground by strong winds, clouds of dust can reach very high altitudes and be transported worldwide, covering thousands of miles. It has since been carried northwards over France and southern England, triggering deep gold, amber and burnt orange sunsets."
Dust particles from the Sahara Desert have been blown thousands of miles across North Africa, France, and into the UK by strong weather systems. The dust plume, which lifted off northwest Africa around February 27, has already created fiery sunsets and hazy skies across parts of Britain. As rain falls through air thick with Saharan dust, it picks up tiny particles of reddish-brown sand, producing 'blood rain' that leaves rusty orange smears on cars, windows, and garden furniture. The Met Office confirms this phenomenon poses no immediate health risk, though dust concentrations are expected to remain relatively low, meaning rainfall itself may not appear noticeably red.
Read at Mail Online
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]