Way better than yellow snow

Sahara  Sands     (NASA photo)

When skiers took to the Russian hills recently, they were greeted with a strange sight: orange snow.

This wasn't some American conspiracy, but instead a rare weather phenomenon.  Business Insider explains that “storms in northern Africa picked up sand, dust and pollen particles from the Sahara and blew them across the Mediterranean and Europe.” 

This phenomenon, which occurs every five years or so in various parts of the world, also accounts for the recent orange skies over Crete.

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http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-and-eastern-europe-orange-snow-in-rare-weather-event-2018-3