The unusual scenes are believed to be created by a mix of sand, dust and pollen particles stirred up and swept across from storms in northern Africa. According the meteorologists, the phenomenon occurs roughly every five years.
ne person wrote “Martian landscape, Apocalypse Now.”
Another added: “Snowy slopes were transformed into barkhan dunes.”
It is not the first time eastern Europeans have experienced an eerie snow-tint.
A similar phenomenon happened in 2007 when mysterious “oily” orange snow fell across three regions of southern Siberia.
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